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Hi, everybody. I will be updating the PDF file "For Veterans with ALS" during the next few weeks. For veterans who have suggestions, please DM me with your ideas.

Hey, all veterans. I'm going to revise the PDF file "For Veterans with ALS" during the next few weeks. All suggestions will be welcome. Either DM me or post your suggestion here.

Just a warning about a legal danger. Right after my wife passed, a lawyer (not mine) approached a judge in the elevator and mentioned that poor so-and-so had died (my wife) and needed a personal representative. The judge signed the lawyers papers on the spot, appointing that lawyer to be the...

I love new words, but I can never use them--no one understands them. INTRACTABLE PROBLEM = can't practically be solved. For instance, a math problem that is theoretically solvable, but it would take a million computers a thousand years to do. My current favorite: IDIOPATHIC: Literally, "my own...

After years of training in electronics (with a slide rule) and then going to B-school for an MBA, I learned a little math. Business accounting was particularly perplexing, with rules upon rules that could be interpreted different ways. This is what I learned about math: Ask a teacher what 2...

Sometimes I see CALS commenting in the PALS forum. I always thought that the forum called "People with ALS - PALS" was a place where PALS could speak to each other without CALS being part of the conversation. I know the "CALS" forum sometimes contains posts that are really meant only for CALS...

At daybreak every morning aboard his ship, the old admiral would slowly but mightily struggle against the wind to walk out to the ship’s bow and survey the sunrise. He would take off his hat, hold it in front of him, and mumble a few words. Suddenly, the admiral found a skip in his step, and...

Let's talk about Effective Dates so we all understand it. I always need to be reminded how it works. ( An Effective Date is a Blind Date where you get lucky.) . :) At the VA, the Effective Date--from which your compensation begins--is figured through a bunch of rules. For ALS folks, two...

Many people asking "Do I have ALS" have posted videos and photos of their hands and their tongues to ask us if we agree there is atrophy. Because of this, I look at my hands and feet and arms and legs a lot. And over the years, they have changed significantly, even remarkably. Sometimes my...

A couple of years ago, our PALS CanMark asked me to announce here on ALSforums if and when he opted to leave the Earth. A few weeks later, he decided to stay with the rest of us mortals. Mark lived with ALS about four years, surrounded by friends and family, who visited often. He enjoyed...