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  1. S

    Overwhelmed

    Tillie thinks I should start my own struggling thread so here I go... Maybe this should be named exhausted? Idk?! Some of this will be a repeat from the CALS thread. I have had grandkids pretty much 24/7 this entire week. I adore all of them... but they also wear me out. My daughter and her...
  2. N

    Where to Now?

    Hello to everyone, My father, age 56, was recently diagnosed of MND. It all started April 2016 when we noticed my dad started dragging his right foot. He began to trip and fall more than ever in his life. He was extremely athletic all of his life and has worked from the early age of 7 until...
    • nightowl
    • Thread
    • age als athletic dad diagnosed diagnosis disability early family father foot hearing insurance life medicare mnd mnd/als problems symptoms treatment trip
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Newly diagnosed
  3. Clearwater AL

    Loss of heat tolerance...

    First, I’m from Clearwater Florida. Just a few years ago if a day was 85 or 95 degrees didn’t make a lot of difference to me. A few days ago I went to a “outdoor get together” where I had to walk with my walker a considerable distance from where I parked. The temperature was 96 degrees and the...
  4. L

    Hectic 5 weeks - followup

    While I haven't posted recently, I have followed many of the threads. All of the posts are so beneficial and at the same time overwhelming. Anyway after another 8 weeks, I'd like to give an update on our situation. The summer heat and my slow healing foot has kept me from overworking and...
    • Larrytbm
    • Thread
    • back bed cals driving early eating family foot healing hope ice lift peg problem ramp support trilogy trip update
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Current caregivers
  5. gigem

    Medicare eligibility question

    My wife is 52, and was recently diagnosed with ALS. She hasn't worked since 2000, when she stopped to be come a full time mother. She does have enough work credits to be eligible for disability, since she hasn't worked in the last 10 years. But she does have a work record that goes back to...
    • gigem
    • Thread
    • als back diagnosed disability early information medicare treatment
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: People with ALS (PALS)
  6. W

    I only have twitching and my doctor wants me to be tested for LAS/MND?

    Hey there, I have had twitching for the past three weeks. Mainly located to one location in my right tricep. It seems like five to twenty times a day I will feel it just going pop pop pop and see it through my shirt. While it started in the tricep within two weeks I was having little ones...
  7. C

    Very afraid of beginning ALS

    Dear all on this forum, very worried 27 year old male from the Netherlands here. For the past six months I have been experiencing a lot of anxiety caused by my symptoms and what I have read about beginning ALS. Even after reading the stickies on this forum and an bunch of other threads, I am...
    • Cohen
    • Thread
    • als als? atrophy back bfs book confused cramping early fasciculations fatigue fingers hope lift pain power problem research slurred speech speech story symptoms tests twitching weakness worries worry
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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