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  1. P

    Worried about my husband.

    My husband has been experiencing some numbness in his hands and complains about it feeling like it is "asleep." He also says there will be times when it will cramp up. He has had times where buttoning a shirt has been difficult or will simply drop something out of the blue. He has been...
  2. KimT

    Wheelchair Question

    I'm being measured for a motorized wheelchair in the next couple of weeks. The lady with Ability Medical called me today to keep everyone in the loop (the lady who is qualifying me and the man who is measuring me for the chair.) The lady with Ability told me there is NO WAY Medicare will...
  3. N

    Wha medical t history do I share with neuromuscular specialist

    I have been waiting for four months to see neuromuscular specialist in Birmingham and my appointment is next week. I can barely get around in my house (bilateral "bad legs"). Neurologist I saw in June when my body was swaying like a metronome said he wanted to see me again in 6...
  4. Erika

    To stay or to go...

    Hello, So my mom has been in Mexico for a couple of weeks now. It has been quite a readjusting time for both my dad and her. Last time she was there(Dec), she could still go up and down stairs. Now, she's sleeping in her living-room turned bedroom and is able to only walk a few steps before...
  5. Lkaibel

    Personal Accounts and Other on ALS

    In an odd "coincidence" (I wonder if there is such a thing, really) about one year before my husband showed a single symptom of ALS, I started to poke around and learn more about the disease. I was inspired in part by my friend Lynn's husband's Dx. Wow, I thought, someone else with this? A long...
  6. H

    Drug trial

    I was diagnosed in March of this year. Onset August 2015. Monday I will start participation in a drug trial for a drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The hope is that it will slow progression. I was tested for inflamation markers which were positive to allow me to...
  7. H

    Just some opinions please

    Here goes, Hello I'm a 31 yr old female who is in a bit of a state and hoping someone can help me to see if I'm going over the top. Past medical history of leukaemia and an anxious person always have been always will be. Anyhow end of July I began to feel like it was hard to speak like my...
  8. kmb2

    Possibility

    Good morning. My husband may be starting masitinib within the next couple of weeks but we have been given very little information about the impact on individuals that have taken it. I've searched it and information is so limited. Is there anyone on here that was part of the initial trial? My...
  9. B

    Vaccines

    How many of you take the pneumonia and flu shots? I've never taken them and I can't help but wonder what affect it could have with ALS. This disease is so unpredictable and I do know for sure any medical procedure knocks us on our butts. Vaccines aren't the same but wonder how many of you guys...
  10. D

    Finding a neurologist who knows...

    Hi everyone, I am still stuck in a diagnostic disaster. I am an American living in northern Spain, and Spain has both private health care and public (free) health care. I started my journey in the private system because it goes faster and it all started with just an ankle problem. In June this...
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