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  1. Citlalli

    How do you do it? advanced ALS

    This is my first post though I have been reading some and have found this forum to be a blessing. I am the caregiver for my husband Andres, we are both 35 and have been living with ALS for 5 + years now since it started about a week after we got married. Andres is now totally paralized from...
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    • als alternating pressure bed breathing caregiver father free ice information medicine natural night peg positioning pressure pressure sores problem questions reading research sleep sleeping pills support wheelchair wrong
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  2. C

    Questions from a CNA - Bedding for ALS Patients (sores developing)

    I'm a CNA providing 9pm to 7am respite care for a 50yr old female diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago. She wears a bi-pap 24-7 and weighs perhaps 70 pounds. She does have care 24-7 from various health organizations, and from her mother and sister. She can only move her neck from side to side on a pillow...
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    • als anxiety back bed female health hope mattress muscles night pain pressure pressure sores questions respite shoulder sleep speech
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    • Forum: Current caregivers
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