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    PLEASE READ: Where did my post/thread go?

    So how come some have gone through without moderation but one is awaiting moderation ? It Stiffles the flow of conversation
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    PLEASE READ: Where did my post/thread go?

    That one went through OK :-?
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    PLEASE READ: Where did my post/thread go?

    Hi , Can someone tell me why my posts are being moderated ? Penned a 2nd reply about 10 hours ago , when I clicked the send button it said my post would be moderated and uploaded when approved .that was 10 hours ago . ............I was replying to the post about fasiculations before atrophy...
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    Did anyone have Fasciculations before Atrophy?

    Hi Guwainengle That pic was taken just before diagnosis when he was 63 , he was a super fit man who was very fastidious about having good health .... It started with fasciculations of the muscle............it was continuous ..........started in his upper arms , then his stomach...
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    Did anyone have Fasciculations before Atrophy?

    My Dad .[the very handsome man to your left :wink: ] Started off with the muscle twitching in the upper arms .......he had no weakness for probably the first 5 months of the disease , just twitching ..........then he developed the frontal lobe demtia as soon as the weakness arrived .........From...
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    Feeding tube or no feeding tube...that is the question

    Marcia ......My Dad was diagnosed with ALS 17 months ago .....He had a PEG feeding tube inserted on the 7 november last year , he ended up passing away on the 12th of November as a direct result of the PEG insertion ...he ended up with a pneumoperitenium , gastroparesis and a cold sepsis ....We...
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    In memory of my Dad

    I appreciate your comforting words , more than you could know ..and sorry it has taken me so long to reply ....... The Funeral was yesterday , and thankfully I held up pretty well ...I was able to say what I needed to say without breaking down , my two sisters were not so fortunate and had...
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    In memory of my Dad

    Thankyou so much for your kind words .....I was only telling AL last week how much I hoped my Dad could join this forum when he came home ....Sadly it wasn't meant to be . His Funeral/cremation will take place next Tuesday , today was really hard taking his clothes to the funeral home .....My...
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    In memory of my Dad

    I only found this group last week after my Dad was admitted to hospital to have a P.E.G, sadly he never came home .....He developed cold sepsis at the site of the PEG and deteriorated very rapidly ......The hospital kept him comfortable with Morphine then he asked us to tell them to stop all...
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    Hello All

    Thanks for the welcome AL ......I am so glad I stumbled upon this group , I was starting to think ALS /MND was a very rare event ......there isn't too much in the way of active groups on the net .....this one is a cracker , well done ....and hopefully I can get some great advice from the members...
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    Eric Edney and Even Better Now - Don't Be Fooled By This Scam

    My DAD was diagnosed at 63 years of age 2 years ago .....He had never lived an unhealthy lifestyle , he never drank alcohol , never smoked was a vegetarian who always watched what he ate ...he played premier league football in the UK , was a cricket player and during his mid life years kept fit...
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