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    Home Care for Trach - Info?

    Hi, My husband was on the ventilator 24 hours for 12 years and we took care of him at home and he never went to hospital,he passed away in december of 2008.Please feel free to contact me regarding ventilator and trach and i will try to answer and help you with your questions if i can.Take care...
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    Caregivers only... You and your PALS

    ccac and als patient Hi,hope you are all well ,my husband is an ALS patient and is on ventilator 24 hours,he has been on the ventilator since january of 1999 and has been home since with no medical problems.Since 2001 he has been recieving personal support care and on and off nursing care from...
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    Anyone coming to the Toronto Symposium?

    toronto symposium Hi,is it free or any fee?
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    I Am Worried, Ventilator Question

    ventilator Hi,God Bless u for being a good care giver,i have been taking care ofmy husband for the past 11 years and know how lonely and stress full the life can be but when i look in his eyes i forget all my troubles .My husband has been on the ventilaton 24 hours since october of 1998.he has...
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    Advice needed

    advice My husband had his treach in october of 1998,in january of 1999 he was having breathing problems and cough etc so we took him to the hospital and they put him on the vent as he had too much co2 build up,he is on a vent which assists him to breath and at home he has not been to the...
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    Blowing the nose

    blowing the nose. Have you tried suctioning the nose as it works and is painless.
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    trach vent - hard decision

    trach vent Hi,first of all i like to say hang in there as long as you can and good luck.I am on a ventilator since jan of 1999 and have never been to hospital but stayed home since,i have three children and when i first went on ventilator my youngest son was 16 yrs old and on the other two were...
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    Financial support for the ALS patients.

    Hello,i have ALS and living in ontario and want to know if there is any financial support beside the CPP as i dont have any other insurance and income and getting only $800.0 from the CPP . My wife is my care giver and not working and things are not looking good,what ever savings we had we used...
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    eye muscle weakness

    :?: Hi every one, regarding my eye weakness ,when my wife noticed my eye a bit off and lazy ,she phoned the neurologist and he said it is due to the ALS and since i have this disease for ten years no other person has complained or noticed it as they pass away within five years but my wife...
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    eye muscle weakness

    :? Hi, could any tell me if they have any eye muscle weakness due to ALS?thanks.
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