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Good morning Floryb. It's a beautiful morning here in Ireland. I can associate with your anxiety and question – what the future holds for your husband. My advice to you is not to worry about the future. Just live today! Nobody can forecast what route this disease will take. I know that the...

No this is not always the case! I've got the disease 37 years with no problem eating, drinking, breathing or any respiratory function. And I know a few more who have survived many years. So I wouldn't be in a hurry, saying hello to the devil before you meet him :-). Nobody can forecast the...

Don't ponder on what your husband will need in the future – tubes or no tubes! No one can forecast what direction ALS/MND will take. My suggestion to your husband is. Enjoy today and tomorrow, with new technology and equipment living with MND is a lot easier than it was 20 years ago. At...

Hello Ottawa. Oh yes, remember me at the grotto. I'll be visiting there in June. Please God. I will definitely return the favour. I've been going there for the past 23 years. 1990, when I received the gift of acceptance. Each year I walk almost 2 miles from the grotto to a hotel. Some...

Just want to reply to all my good friends. I have just celebrated another birthday 10th of February 2013! The disease has slowly progressed in shoulders, otherwise everything is working good. Can't expect much more at 80 years of age? Look from my book: Against the Odds, Living with Motor...

Hello Bert. Just read your post: just wondering? My name is Andy and I'm from Ireland. I got this disease. 37 years. Diagnosed in 1977. Got the same prognosis as everyone else – 2 to 5 years life expectancy. My hands and arms are absolutely useless. But the disease did not spread to any...

Hello Didred! How the time flies! I've another birthday coming up on 10 February! That will be my 80th and I intend to launch my book memoirs on that birthday! The name of the book: "Against the Odds – living with MND/ALS." Some of the proceeds from the sale of the book is going to The Irish...

You're only a young lad! There's years in you yet!

Hello Howdoug. I'm a bit slow in getting back to you. But everything is working almost the same with me since I last contacted you. I have no problem with the voice recognition and my okay of speech is good. I have just completed a manuscript for my next book, which will be published in February...

Hello Jennylynn, firstly, you must understand that there is a solution to every problem! Secondly, your dad is a bully! And your mother is an old softy! Your dad thinks that because he had a profession and a good education that gives the right to command everyone. Well, nothing could be...