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    Recently diagnosed with pneumonia

    good evening to all...my dad was recently diagnosed with pneumonia on Thursday. I was wondering if having pneumonia progresses ALS further, as I have read that in some people falls have done this to some patients. He also had, slipped while going to the bathroom the Saturday before (I am kinda...
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    Halloween humor

    that's a good one...thanks for the chuckle
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    Feeling guilty

    thank you for posting what I am feeling and feel so bad for feeling this way....
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    Miss Wheelchair Mississippi 2018

    absolutely beautiful....
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    How many like myself have chosen not to even try to get the Radicava shots

    Nikki...that's good :) my dad was diagnosed in November 2016, and he is really slow using his walker, having a lot of trouble getting out of chairs. his is leg onset as well...drop foot and I'm sure it started in 2011. it wasn't until my mom took ill in late 2013, passed 2014 that I noticed...
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    How many like myself have chosen not to even try to get the Radicava shots

    Good evening to all...just a quick question as you all have stated that you have a slow progressing form of als...what is considered slow?
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    Of course its depressing, but you can't let that bring you down. You have to stay positive. I...

    Of course its depressing, but you can't let that bring you down. You have to stay positive. I was the caregiver for my mom in 2014, it was hard, but her and me both stayed so positive and I do the same with my dad...lol, it still give him shit for being lazy, I make him do some exercises, and...
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    What does your dad eat and drink, since he is having problems? What does his breathing sound...

    What does your dad eat and drink, since he is having problems? What does his breathing sound like? Has he had a breathing test done yet? How old is your dad? My dad can still talk as well, but I can notice the softness in his voice and hoarseness as he is getting tired.
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    Hi Josie My dad is getting really slow...right arm sometimes doesn't want to work, as in feeding...

    Hi Josie My dad is getting really slow...right arm sometimes doesn't want to work, as in feeding himself, but yet he can still use it to write. His right hip is done, he can not lift it, and its getting hard for him to get out of chairs. He uses his walker and that is taking a longer to...
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    Newspaper story

    how did you read it....its not in English :(
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    Cortisone shots pre-diagnosis?

    My dad was given one in his knee only because he had fallen and hurt it....little did we know that his falls were all ALS related...He would have gotten his shot in October of 2016, only to find out on November 30, 2016 he had ALS, which now that I think of it he had symptoms for a few years...
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    Menopause and ALS: Estrogen, Progesterone therapy?

    KW1234 I too agree with what you said about running into your fathers arms...thanks so much for that thought!!!!
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    Smoke Smell

    wow....talk about strange, my dad who has ALS, was talking about smelling diesel the other day
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    Copd

    No the specialist didn't...but we go again in January
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    Copd

    He had a breathing test done the beginning of September, that's is when the specialist said that he is borderline COPD. The specialist told us about the BIpap and the trach, and what was going to likely happen in the future. (really good specialist as he was the first one to verbally tell my...
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