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Thank you for your responses. We are all very worried about her. It's good to know that Pleurisy is not related. It is just awful that she has to deal with more thing going wrong in her body causing such pain. She said she feels better but it still hurts to take deep breathes. If you all are...

My friend who was diagnosed in November had terrible chest pain last night. She ended up in the ER and said she has Pleurisy. From what I was told it's an inflammation of the chest muscles due to excessive coughing. I've read some about Pleurisy and the two didn' really line up. Can anyone shed...

Do you think some just give up? I'm frightened that she won't put up a fight. There is no guideline to the aweful disease.

Wow you all are amazing and having given me some insight into her world. I've met with her sister yesterday to try and figure out away to help. We're are still met with a so much reistance from her. We plan to meet over the weekend to have pizza and good conversation. Hopefully we can fill her...

Hi. My dear friend has recently been diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. Right away she went into denial which I see as completely normal with such a devastating diagnosis. I am somewhat knowledgable on the disease. Her's started in her lower extremeties. She began falling last spring/summer...