finance

  1. L

    Money Does Not Grow on Trees

    So, we have decided to not get a wheelchair van. And my PALS is NOT happy. Quite upset. We just feel that the expense is not reasonable at this point in her illness. We should have considered getting one a year or two ago. But she didn't want one. She thought the expense was too much...
  2. arkallen

    The Triumph of the Turtle

    It's a startling sight, vehicles rushing past vertically instead of horizontally, water spraying from car wheels in incongruous directions; all viewed from an alien location three inches above the bitumen. A startling sight to match the startling realization that Bugger can, after all, turn...
  3. S

    Choosing to possibly go on vent/other issues

    I was diagonsed with ALS in 2008. I'm now wheelchair bound but I have good use of my hands but my speech has been getting bad lately. Lately I have been considering going on ventilator when my condition worsens. I know going on a vent is not a popular choice among ALS patients. But I want to...
  4. David

    Cast your vote to support the ALS Community in the Greater Toronto Area

    Two Torontonians, Shana Valo, 26, and Alix Duck, 27, are on a mission to support people living with ALS and their families. The pair, who both lost their fathers to this devastating disease, created A.L.S.O.— the ALS Objective— to help families living with ALS achieve and maintain the quality of...
  5. B

    Insurance Questions

    Hi all, I have been having some problems and still undiagnosed with anything. Burning pain and progressive atrophy without 1st repitition motor weakness. The doctors are all stumped as there is significant atrophy and yet EMG findings are normal. It has progressed slowly over 4 years. CK never...
  6. myooshka

    finances

    I am not diagnosed yet but it's only a matter of time. I realize some peole are retired so one a loved one becomes sick they may be more financially secure. We made the mistake of not having disability insurance on our mortage. I was caring for my mother at the time I got sick so do not have...
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