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  1. N

    Caregiver frustration, anger, guilt...

    Reader beware - this is blunt. My husband was diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS in May 08. He started slurring his speech in Mar 07 and, after ruling out stroke, doctors figured it was the progression of his Multiple Sclerosis (which he was diagnosed with in 2000). Yes, both M.S. and A.L.S...
  2. P

    difficulty swallowing with no muscle weakness - how tell als from myasthenia (yet)

    Hi there - I've posted under other headings, but am honing my questions as time goes on. Has anyone presented with swallowing difficulty and mucous/saliva in the mouth but no muscle issues? Can als present like this (bearing in mind any condition can present atypically) or is it more...
  3. S

    Worried that I have the disease as my mom did.

    My mother passed away with ALS 4 years ago this January 13th, 2008. I'm 29 years old and I'm worried that " I MAY" be experiencing some early stages of this disease. :-( It may not be, but there are reasons for me to think that " I could" be. There is a dull pain in my head at the bottom and...
  4. D

    Stiff Neck - Family had ALS

    Okay, so I've been watching for this for years because relatives on my father's side of the family have passed from ALS. My grandmother, my uncle (her son), two great-aunts, a second cousin have all passed from ALS. I don't know if my father would have had it. He died from cancer in his early...
  5. M

    New here and scared for hubby

    Let me start by saying I have been reading here for a week or so and finally decided to post. My husband is 51. A few years ago he had pneumonia really bad, and a year later had it again. The pulmonologist pointed out to him recently that it is not normal to have pneumonia even once, let...
  6. W

    Little update with Dave

    Dave was put in the hospital last monday and we just returned home today on my request. He was having difficulty breathing and it was alot more than normal. He was having very short breaths and girgling in his throat. I was suctioning him like crazy and he had so much anxiety. They...
  7. C

    My Mother Passed Away

    My brave mother, Akilia, passed away from complications of ALS on August 31. She had a bit of dementia (due to ALS?), but never complained. She would fall; she would choke. I used to practically carry her into doctors' offices. She always had an upbeat attitude. She had her funeral...
  8. hopealive

    One more issue with bi-pap

    Hi. I appreciate everyone's help with the bipap issues for my mom. However, we are concerned that if she wears a mask, that the secretions and saliva that build up in her mouth will choke her. Any ideas on that? The nasal one with the chin strap isn't getting the air into her lungs. What a...
  9. R

    Mom never really diagnosis

    HI My mom who is 85 years old had fallen on a rug sometime in Feb, 2008. I took her to a neurological surgern who looked at her MRI and said she had Spinal Stenos and then to a Medical Neurology who did a electro diagnosis and found a pinch nerve. At this time she was loosing her mucle on her...
  10. Geo

    For Those who have Bulbar Symptoms

    Stasis and Bolus , Stasis is when the liquid from your saliva ,mostly during and after Eating gets hung up on the Epiglotis or the Vulecula . If you find your having to clear your throat alot especially after eating this is Stasis or liquids that dont get down the throat .They hang up on the...
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