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http://www.eyemdlink.com/Condition.asp?ConditionID=149 Cranial Nerve Palsy Also referred to as: Limited Eye Movement If an eye fails to move properly in all directions of gaze, a nerve palsy may be present, especially if the condition presents spontaneously in adulthood. Each of the cranial...

Lisa: This link suggests that heat or whirlpool helps for muscle cramping: http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/healthinformation/diseasesandconditions/nervous/als/ I use a neck wrap. It's microwavable. Even though it's designed for neck and shoulders, I'll put it under my leg or wrap...

Shellee: I can see that you're going through a hard time. It sounds like your stepmom is fighting the illness by acting in a passive/aggressive manner with her caregiver. She doesn't know where to focus her grief, anger and disappointment where it will do any good to alleviate her illness, so...

http://www.mdausa.org/publications/Quest/q73anesthesia.html http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/92/3/432 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2098863&dopt=Abstract Those are a few sites I found discussing anesthesia. I just suspect that it...

thanks, dana. I've been nosing around the net and have found a few references. It seems that the surgeons must take the motor neuron disease into account in dealing with the anesthesia. For example, if a person already has respiratory/bulbar symptoms. There is evidently a muscle relaxant...

I have not been diagnosed with ALS; however, my doctors are monitoring me. Recently, one of my "other" doctors has suggested a hysterectomy for reasons quite unrelated to my neurological symptoms. It is elective in the larger scheme of things. I am however, concerned that a general anethestic...

Rick, today I was talking with a guy who is a shoe sales department manager at Macy's. He's been selling shoes for several decades and used to work for Nordstrom as well as the Walking Shoes store and similar outlets. He told me that Nordstrom has a policy whereby they would sell to a person...

Rick, if the brace doesn't fit properly, you should go back to the orthotist. They can be reshaped.

I may have mentioned before that I've been using an AFO on my right leg since last September. I've found it to be very helpful and not uncomfortable. I never leave the house without wearing it. I do take it off when I get home, which helps to stretch out the calf. Mine is not hinged at the...

Hi Leo. Did you see this article about actor James Woods and his ALS awareness foray? http://www.alsa.org/news/article.cfm?id=871 I never saw the ER segment. Maybe those folks would have some interest in your project. Keep your chin up! M