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  1. C

    Speech and FTD

    I'm wondering what others have experienced in their loved ones as far as speech. My mom can't speak anymore but we started noticing significant changes about 4 months ago. She wasn't able to form coherent sentences anymore and would mainly only repeat the words "I know" and "Benny" (my dad's...
  2. G

    Critters

    I live next to a natural park, Ute Valley park. It has all sorts of critters including deer, bear, coyotes and more. Back when I worked, back when I walked, I would walk to work thru this park. I never came across a bear but I did often encounter these.
  3. A

    Natural herbs?

    Can someone point me in the right direction. I've read and been advised we should seek some recreational drugs! For a person with ALS what would be the benefits, verses prescription pain medicine? Thanks for any input. Alana:|
  4. zoohouse

    Tim is sick

    Monday evening Tim started complaining of abdominal pain. This would be the forth time with the same symptoms, and I had managed them myself the last 3 times. This time even after having 2 BM's he continued to have pain and nausea. I had aspirated everything out of his stomach via his feeding...
  5. chally

    sleep aide

    last night was first time i slept 6 straight hrs since i can't remember when. at midnight my wife tired of me up and hyper ask if i wanted to try a natural sleep aid called "Melatonin". so i did and it worked great! maybe you all know about it but it was new to me,just thought i'd pass it on...
  6. N

    Maybe our kids can benefit

    Woukldnt it be nice if we were the last generation to die of this disease? Piss me off big time but nice. Scientists identify new drug target to treat ALS Scientists identify new drug target to treat ALS Blue is the nucleus, cyan is hUPF1, green is TDP43, red is the cell body in this image...
  7. tripete

    Mucus - Again - ALS Diet

    I wanted to share some "sort of" good news with everyone. As with many of you mucus has been a real problem for me. I had a mucus induced coughing fit that was so bad Wednesday that it was evoking my gag reflex and made all the muscles under my ribs ache like a son of a b1tch. Unfortunately it...
  8. L

    Natural Candida treatment

    HI Guys, I wanted to share that I've had success with a treatment that i've made for my dad's recurring candida on his skin. Due to kidney problems and age he's always got something going on under his arms and in his groin area. He is incontinent and the diaper doesn't help! I don't care for...
  9. maryhahnward

    Dis-spelling the 5 Stages of Grief

    The 5 Stages of Grief and Other Lies That Don't Help Anyone The stages of grief were developed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross over 30 years ago, as she listened to and observed people living with terminal diagnoses. Since the publication of her book On Death and Dying, the "stages of grief," as they...
  10. N

    More TMI

    OK you said it was ok to ask anything. We have been trying to increase my tube feeding but have run into a stone wall. At about 2 cans of Jevity 1.5 I get really bad gas and then just have to keep going to the bathroom. We have tried to go up a little at a time, but no go, at 2 cans bam. I need...
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