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Just wanna say hi and maybe make a closer relationship with anyone who wants to. We never seem to connect with the local ALS monthly meeting, but I'm not sure I'd want to go, anyway. Too many sick people. We'd rather spend our evenings at the Wing House, where the happy people meet to eat. My...

First of all, I believe the Gospel. This note probably will seem confusing because of the emotions in my heart and head are spinning. I don't want to talk to anyone I know because I am not in the position to talk to anyone at all: I have BALBAR ALS. My speech is gone and my arms are going...

I have been lurking on the forum for a week or so, for reasons of finding out the latest thinking on ALS; its possible causes, latest treatments, and research. I have learned a great deal and I thank you all for how candid you have been here on this forum. So I, too, will be candid with you...

Hi everyone! It's been a little over a year since I've been on here. First let me welcome all of the new members that have joined in the last year, and to the old members, it's good to be back! A lot has changed over the last year or so, but unfortunately, my divorce is not yet final, my...

Hello All, I'm not sure what to think at the moment, I've been reading these forums for days. My father had what everyone presumed was a stroke last spring. The CT machine was broken though. They just assume it was a stroke because of the loss of speech. Although, thinking back he was slowly...

Hello everyone, I am seeking advice re: understanding my grandmother's EMG report. A little background: In the spring of 2009, she began complaining of numbness in the bottom of her feet when she would get out of bed in the morning. She was sent to a neurologist who gave her an EMG among other...

I posted this about 4 years ago but it is worth including in this section My wife and I had to do IVF for our daughter – nothing ALS RELATED – JUST SOME MOTILITY ISSUES (SORRY FOR BEING SO GRAPHIC) SINCE WE ARE ALL FRIENDS HERE – I HAVE SOME DOOZY ANECDOTES – ONE INVOLVED BEING REQUIRED TO...

Well I have to say that Easter went well for us in general. On Saturday we had dinner at my mother's family which isn't too hard to get to only 5 minutes from our house and 2 stairs for my dad to have to navigate. Dad finds it easier to sit on his walker than to get into a dining room chair and...

I recently lost my mom to ASL. I am searching for information because I didn't have enough time before she passed to learn. I feel the need to understand this disease. Here is our story. My mom felt an overwhelming weakness the first of November. She had been cleaning out her garage...