Recent content by jaura

Thanks, Nikki J, you are indeed an extremely helpful member! I will certainly check out these clinical trials.

Thank you all very much, I really appreciate all the thoughtful replies. Codyclan, where is MGH? I have not heard of that one. Could it stand for Morgantown General Hospital? GregK, I completely understand and will not push at all. I think perhaps that if I could help him find a clinical trial...

Thanks, chally, maybe he could go to one of those places. But I don't know how it works if you go there and have to find a place to live. Do you rent an apt? And what if you need people to take care of you? Well, I think my friend's family could fairly easily drive him to Baltimore, so maybe...

Thank you, Nikki J. He will be living in Cumberland, MD, which is about an hour from Morgantown. I have no idea if he could get down to Durham or Charlottesville for any length of time as that could get extremely expensive. It was my thought that a couple of hour's drive would be reasonable.

Hello, One of my best friends of 40+ years was just diagnosed last week with Bulbar Onset ALS and I want to help him in any way I can. We live about 50 miles apart and he is soon to return home to live with his mother. He is 60 years old and cannot speak at all. He is using a walker and...