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    So emotional

    Not sure if this is the correct place for this thread. My mom has been gone for almost three months now. I've been so emotional these past three months. I get so angry so easily and I get hurt or upset and cry so easily. I started a job just after my mom passed. I didn't want anyone to know...
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    My sweet mama is in heaven now

    August and September I spent a lot of time at my mom's. She told me she felt Jesus wanted to take her home. She had told my aunt that she saw a big nun at the foot of her bed. She said she didn't have much time left. I told her that that was why I was there so much, so I could be with her as...
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    Mom is nearing the end

    We had a meeting with Hospice today and found GOOD NEWS! My mom's kidneys are fine--she had eaten a lot of beets that made her urine look like there was blood in it. She had an UTI so she got on antibiotics yesterday. She looked so much better today. I told her "no more beets". I'm just so glad...
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    Mom is nearing the end

    Thanks, everyone, for your support and encouragement. I do feel better about it now. I had a dream about my mom last night and it woke me up to tears early this morning. I haven't cried for a long time. I have so many mixed feelings right now. I'm a Christian and sometimes I trust God that He's...
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    Mom is nearing the end

    My mom is showing signs of her kidneys shutting down and she isn't able to keep any food or water down. I know the time is getting close to her passing. I'm 33 and my mom is 58. I always thought she would be really old when she died. I mourned for her when I first heard about her diagnoses. I'm...
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    Getting harder to see my mom with als

    I replied to this a few hours ago--I'm not sure what happened to make it not get posted. Anyway, I wanted to thank everyone for their responses. You guys have helped me a lot. Do any of you freak out when you start to get a twitch or spasm? That's how my mom's ALS started. I started exercising...
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    "Praying only is not going to solve the ALS problem"

    No, not cross-breeding. Genetically modified food was first introduced in the American diet in 1992. Lookup on YouTube "Genetically Modified Foods in America | Health Documentary" ByDocumentaryLovers.
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    Getting harder to see my mom with als

    Thank you all for your input. It has helped tremendously. I suppose I would be upset if nobody asked how she was doing. I certainly don't want my mom to feel like I've abandoned her. Thank you, LizT, for sharing that about your fiancé. One concern that I have is that I try not to think about...
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    just wondering

    It sounds like how my mom was a few months ago. The ALS doctor asked if she wanted a feeding tube. He said that if her breathing level lowered any more, than she wouldn't be able to get the tube. She decided against it because of fear of infection. She is now having extreme difficulty swallowing...
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    newly diagnosed mother

    My suggestion--look online for cures of ALS and stick with it. I found many cures for ALS and told my mom (who has ALS) about all of them and she didn't listen to me because they cost too much money (changing diet, using foot-nerve therapy, etc). Her condition has only gotten worse and I can't...
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    Als

    I think your son is a lot like me. He just wants to get away and feels like by you contacting him all the time, it makes the condition more "real". My mom has ALS and it's really hard for me to see her. I would rather not see her the way she is and remember how she was before the illness, but I...
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    "Praying only is not going to solve the ALS problem"

    I totally agree. Why is not more research going into this? I have seen a lot of diseases being caused by genetically modified foods and am wondering if ALS is one of them.
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    Getting harder to see my mom with als

    My mom is 57 years old. She's been diagnosed with ALS for 3 years now. She's in a wheel chair, can't hardly talk, can't move her arms, has to have support just to prop herself up in her wheel chair, getting harder to breath, etc. The people from Hospice say she probably has about 5 months left...
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    help for home modification

    Hello. Is there a program or some way to get help to put the addition on a home so that my mom can live with me? We don't have room for her now, so we would need to add to our house.
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    Funds for home modification

    Hello. My mom suffers from ALS and is almost completely paralyzed because of this horrible disease. My aunt volunteered to take her in because of how terrible my dad was treating her. He is abusive and an alcoholic. She expected her to live just a few months, but since my mom has lived longer...
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