Recent content by murphy

Hey, Thanks! That wasn't so hard after all. Got tired of looking at my big white question mark avatar.

I am thankful for the wisdom and skills I learned as an ALS caregiver over last year, and thankful I was the woman in my PALS life to help him.

Hey, I've lived in the Boston area since 1990, yet grew up in Texas. Home in Texas now with family for a caregiver respite.

Alyoop? I have a simple question. How did you get your avatar? Or, how does anyone upload an avatar? Lucky you; picked you to ask cuz I saw you visited my page, LOL.--murphy

Hi Hopeful- Having an EMG on your entire upper and lower limbs first was what my fiance's neurologist did first. Then they waited a month (seemed like forever) and performed another EMG on only one side of his body, thus comparing the nerve damage/loss to either side. Those procedures gave him...

We Are Not A Machine We are the caregivers, but wait, there is more. So please, hear us out before closing the door. No we're not perfect, but we're doing our best. We just want to get some things off our chests. When was the last time you tried to come by, Or the last time you called, if only...

hey. saw u visited my page. guess whaters? my ALS fiance's birthday is 11/8/1960. how bout them apples?--murphy

Erm....got a administrative invite: "New Member (Say Hi)": So, hi everyone. I love writing, but something is holding me back for the time being. Quite frankly, I'm afraid smoke will begin rising outta my keyboard or my monitor will explode due to an outpouring from my ALS experience. I was...

This is my first post and reply to a thread that I'll make short and to the point. Thank you so very much for being honest, raw, and having the guts to say what is eating your lunch!...."stew?" lol. I would share copious stories and remarks from my PALS that would make you feel better about...