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Stu, I'm saving them up. I've excaped my prison (bed) for a moment ... the only thing keeping me down are the caregivers following "regulations"! Much to tell, but I must make it quick. The only good thing about ALS is you meet the nicest people! Alison, thanks for posting my message, Hal and...

How many times do I have to apologize? is there anything you can help me with Beth? I was just piling on, but I'll try to make nice, too, with specifics. Here's why everybody is telling you it doesn't sound like ALS. That is not the way ALS works. You don't get it all over your body at once. It...

Disprove me or prove me. OMG

I talked to hospice people last summer about signing up my husband and me ... and I was taken aback when they sort of rubbed their hands together, and started talking about our making all our funeral arrangements. Doctors talked me out of it, but I just wanted the two nurses vistis a week, and...

Kay Marie ... I'm open to alternate medicine, too, but not when people hand out a "diagnosis" of ALS to someone (with two clean EMGs, no less) and scare the ** out of them. There are so many frightened people out there, many of them lurking on this forum ... that claiming ... and having it sit...

Sanderson ... I'm sorry about your dad, but glad you have all the externals under control. I agree with Kay Marie ... that is not how speech loss happens with ALS. With ALS, speech becomes slurred and progressively harder to understand. When gibberish comes out, something else is going on...

I'm so sorry about your mom's condition. She needs to see a neurologist as soon as possible. If it is ALS, there is a medication that can slow it down and also there are treatments and medications to help control the symptoms. See if you can get her to a specialist quickly. Good luck to you...

No, nothing about vaccines, either. Or illnesses, for that matter, except for neurological events.

Great news! Thanks for the update. I'll have to check ALSGA's page. Aren't they super? Wow!

14F is not too cold!!! You're a better man than I, Gunga Din! Glad Poochie is eating. Always a good sign. Hope he's better soon. Stay warm and dry.