Hi Rick and Joan, How are you two doing? Everything is OK here, my speech and swallowing are getting worse but I have a bunch of electronic ways to speak and I have my feeding tube (and a poem too!). I had a very nice conversation with a friend on the phone the other day, she was very patient with my poor typing and weird voice and we talked about a whole bunch of things just like you would normally talk to a friend on the phone. It was a real confidence builder for me.
I want to thank you for the link to your blog, it's fantastic and I appreciate reading about how you're doing. You have a walk coming up next weekend so I bet you're looking forward to it! I want to say that you two are an inspiration to all of us to get the word out and educate the general public (especially kids) about ALS and how they can help not only us but others who may get this horrible disease in the future.
Anyway, thinking of you, and Happy Mother's Day Joan!
Barry