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  1. B

    Satchurated Oxygen

    My 02 level has been tanking over the last few months. I thought the reason I was so foggy and lethargic was cuz of my meds. About two weeks ago I had a light go of in my head and decided to break out the oximeter. Much to my chagrin it displayed 80, I almost sh!t my nickers. I had been...
  2. K

    A few general questions

    The man I sit with has started experiencing a few new issues and I was just wanting to know if anyone knows what might be going on and what me may be able to do to help ease the pain. Please note that he has had ALS for over 5 years now and is pretty much not able to get out of his recliner. His...
  3. S

    Emergency situation and treatment given (Hydrocortisone). Opinions requested.

    Our mother is totally paralysed with just eye movement is on trilogy ventilator and we are managing her at Home since December2010 .she do not require any oxygen support (able to maintain 96-98 o2 levels on own) unless there is some infection. Last week she went into serious condition ...
  4. M

    being admitted

    My dad has been at the hospital all day due to constipation and now nausea. They need a cat scan of his lungs and the doc told my mom it looks like pneminoa, but very little and they are going to start him on antibiotics and do cultures to make sure that's what it is. Those will take a couple of...
  5. C

    ALS Respiratory Onset

    My husband has been having increasing breathing problems and weakening starting a year ago. Any exertion wears him out. After many tests for many issues, nothing has been found. However, 2 EMGs found issues in arm and leg. They say they can't diagnose als without three markers. Maybe it...
  6. J

    Passed out at clinic and the doctor panicked

    We were talking with the doctor and Jay got hot and wanted to go to the hallway. He started acting strange and wanted me to stand him up but I said no and the doctor said no. His eyes rolled back and he was getting pale. I said the doctor his eyes are rolling back and he said I know and just...
  7. C

    Short of breath when talking

    I have had lower limb onset ALS for three years. In the last several months I find myself getting short of breath while talking. I do not get short of breath when I'm lying down. This seems odd to me and I just wonder if anyone else has experienced that. As a former respiratory therapist, it...
  8. G

    Chocking and coughing after throat infection.

    Hello all, After a year of diagnosed als and my mother seems to have a throat infection and is chocking at night especially when she goes to sleep. Doc said that her oxygen level is fine but she keeps geting that. My mother says she does not feel any mucus from the infection and the cough feels...
  9. R

    Newly diagnosed advice with diet

    Hi eveyone, I dont have als but my mother has been recently diagnosed and im trying come up with some diet for her to help her however may be and im hoping to get some advice. Ive been reading about als and foods and vitamins that can help slow down the progression this what i have so far...
  10. tripete

    The Cage - a short story

    The Cage I am not anyone special. I am not an actor, a sports hero, a politician, or anyone you may have read about in a paper or seen on a news station. I am not famous or infamous, I am by all accounts anonymous. And still I have been captured and forced to live in a cage. When I say a cage...
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