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    bidet toilet seats

    I am thinking of getting a bidet toilet seat for my husband. He is not sold on this idea. We are limited in our choices as we have a one piece toilet with a french curve the eliminates Toto brands and Biobidet. Per websites, the only option is the Alpha Jx which has good reviews. I would like to...
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    question regarding purchase of used electric lift

    I have the option of ourchasing a 4 yr old electric viking lift that is described as nearly new condition for 1000 dollars. The woman selling lost her husband who suffered from a nonals nerve condition. She has kept the battery plugged in and functional. She was asking 1200 dollars for it but...
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    Ranting Thanks or Thankfully Ranting

    M has progressed significantly in the last year. He has given up walking and currently is using his Zinger (our traveling electric wheelchair) in the house. We have an appointment at Spaulding for him to be fitted for a power chair. I have appreciated the recent threads regarding the PWC...
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    • ability baclofen botox cbd electric wheelchair financial foot gabapentin hours hoyer night oil power power chair problem pwc running sad sleep speech surgery swallowing transfer transfers wheelchair
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    • Forum: Current caregivers
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    M's writing

    M has been writing over the last 5 years. He recently had a piece accepted in Intima, a journal of narrative medicine. I thought people would enjoy his perspective on his PLS. He is not a forum person, so it may be the only time you here from him as opposed to about him. Anna Night Trip ? Intima
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    health monitors

    M and I have been having discussions regarding whether he needs a health alert monitor. I now insist that some one stay at the house at night. M is mobile to a point. we have walkers around the house. He can get down the stairs with railings and he can still drive. Outside he uses his...
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    I have hit the magic 50

    Here goes, I think I have attached a picture of M and I with our neighbors and Kosmo on our dock with both our houses in the back ground! If no picture I will keep working on it.
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    Zinger Folding Wheelchair

    In a prior thread, I had asked if anybody had experience with the Zinger Wheelchair (zinger chair.com). While in Singapore, my husband (PLS for 11 yrs, walker dependent, with bulbar symptoms and slight upper extremity involvement) was able to try one. We ended up purchasing it. It, like any...
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    • battery bulbar equipment fda folding hip ice pls questions running symptoms trip walker wes wheelchair zinger wheelchair
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    • Forum: Tips, tricks, and gadgets
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    Adventure!

    For the past 8 months my husband and I have planned to visit friends in Singapore, Cambodia, and Western Australia. MG’s PLS has progressed. He is walker dependent and extremely slow, and has resisted getting a wheelchair. He can eat but swallowing is slow. His speech varies but has been...
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    • anxiety bed caretakers medical mobility pls progression scooter speech swallowing travel trip walker website wes wheelchair work
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    • Forum: Primary lateral sclerosis
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