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    Just got the word from my neurologist

    I remember with my dad's diagnosis we were in Denial for a very long time. Nobody wants to believe it and acceptance take a lot too. Your in a good place knowing where to get medical care and hopefully you have a good support system. The people on this site have been amazing to me and their...
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    What are you reading? (In memory of Allen (trfogey)

    "Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat " By Gwen Cooper ONCE IN NINE LIVES, SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS. The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job...
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    A blanket of snow - ALS and dying

    The hardest thing I have ever had to do was to tell the 911 operator that I couldn't do CPR my father had signed a DNR order and it was against his wishes to attempt recessitation. Dad passed away October 31, 2012 3 days short of his 67th Birthday. Dad had let everyone in the family know his...
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    Am I just too sensitive?

    We had a bit of this issue too. My dad had ALS and mom and I were his caregivers. Mom I noticed sould get very impatient with him, and I talked to her about it because I also saw dad's frustration and emotions when people didn't listen to him. I talked to mom and we agreed that we need toslow...
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    Book written by ALS patient

    Paralyzed by ALS, Susan Spencer-Wendel Writes Memoir About the Beauty of Living | Healthy Living - Shine from Yahoo! Canada A woman by the name of Susan Spencer has written a book due to be published in March called "Until I say Goodbye: My year of living with Joy" I can't wait to read this book.
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    what do you do with yourself?

    When dad passed on October 31st, 2012 life changed for me and mom expanentially. For over three years dad had depended on us for anything from helping him lift things at first to him being almost fully dependant on us for his daily upkeep. Since dad passed we have been in a fog, working on all...
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    Alarm systems

    I am sorry, this might not be helpful but we just had a baby monitor for my dad he could still make enough noise if he was having an issue to alert us. The baby part of the monitor was in his room and the 'walkie talkie' part was wherever my mom and I were so that we could help him. I know every...
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    Depression

    I am so sorry to hear for your loss, I recently lost my father to ALS but can only imagine the grief your feeling. I know a lot of people don't like to depend on medication but an antidepressant has helped me through this time. I take Efexor, it has helped me a lot, although I have spent a day...
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    I bring everyone down....

    I had a few frinds like that, thankfully no family members had that reaction. Those friends dissapeared after a while because there were only in the friendship for themselves. I didn't complain all the time or anything about my father but when I did mention my dad's illness they would sigh and...
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    My dear dad....

    Enrique, ALS is a part of us all.... it's like living through the disease ourselves except though a mirror. My father was diagnosed in 2010 but had been ill before that for a few years. I can only imagine how you feel because each of our experiances is different. My father just passed on...
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    thank you so much, I will definately be in touch. Thanks for all your support over this...

    thank you so much, I will definately be in touch. Thanks for all your support over this difficult time. It has been a horrible few days.
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    Pneumonia

    My father passed away today October 31, 2012 at about 10:30m this morning. He had gotten up and we got him through his shower, mom had finnished saving him and he was sitting in his favorite chair watching a show he likes. The nurse came to take some blood for testing and we went to the kitchen...
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    Goodbye Daddy

    Thanks everyone for all your love and support all this time. Dad (Gregory Nelson Hill) passed away at 10:30 ish this morning (October 31, 2012) Visitation will be Friday November 2 at the O'Dacre family funeral home in Perth Ontario Canada from 2-4 and 7-9. Funeral Saturday November 3rd (what...
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    Pneumonia

    Since friday when he went to the hospital dad has gotten 10 times worse. He is exhausted having asked to go to bed before 8pm yesterday when he normally goes to bed around 11. We had my brother come over before he headed out on the road for work, just in case anything were to happen we wanted...
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    Pneumonia

    On friday we had to get dad to the Hospital so the ambulance came and took him in mom follwoed in the car. x-rays and blood tests later he has fluid on his lungs. So, he is on high dose antibiotics, the put him on Oxygen full time and he is on another pill that is suposed to remove fluid from...
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