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    Venting about familiar stuff & softening resentment with humor.(at least a little)...

    Re: Venting about familiar stuff & softening resentment with humor.(at least a little First of all, thank you for all of your replies. As you all know, just reading the words "I completely understand' and/or 'been there, done that', seems to - at the very least - 'ratchet' down the 'crisis'...
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    Venting about familiar stuff & softening resentment with humor.(at least a little)...

    Venting about familiar stuff & softening resentment with humor.(at least a little)... I logged on primarily to vent....which I intend to do. However....as I was perusing the newer posts, I came across 'Vistra's post about her college roommate coming to visit, and realized that in some...
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    Excessive saliva

    Well....I started on it within 15 minutes ; )
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    Excessive saliva

    How is this for service...a response within 15 minutes of posting? Hopefully....a useful response as well... In answer to your question, salivary issues of all kinds are very common in PALS, and vary significantly from one PALS to another. Additionally....in an individual PALS, such as your...
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    I'm done.

    Tracy: As you may have read - if you saw my posts within the last few weeks, I have only been here a few weeks. I am the primary caregiver for my mom, who was diagnosed in February of this year. In reality, however, her disease first appeared over a year before her official diagnosis. You and...
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    Hi, I am new here

    I just found this forum last week....thank God! Although my PALS (mother) was diagnosed in 2/2015, it is likely her disease first became symptomatic over a year prior to that. While those in our circle of support (albeit a small circle..) try to be compassionate and understanding, they lack...
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    Just Found This Forum....First Post / vent (?)

    All: Thank you all for the loving, compassionate and empathetic welcome. As some of you noted, joining this 'club' is both a blessing and a curse. As I noted in my post, I like to write, and although for most of my career - I have had a 'day job' (ER Doc/ Faculty), my real passion is music...
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    Just Found This Forum....First Post / vent (?)

    I apologize for not using paragraphs, etc. For some reason, I assumed that only caregivers would be reading this...pretty ignorant on my part. I like to write...as is somewhat obvious. I will try to be more succinct in future posts....Paul Maybe I haven't searched enough, but this is the...
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