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Good afternoon everyone, I have had some strange symptoms lately that have made me a nervous wreck in regard to ALS. I don't want to waste anyone time so I am just going to list the strange things that have been happening to my body over the past week or two, at the moment I am trying to...

Statistics Statistics are a useful tool for describing the chance of something. An example is the postulate that the average age for people being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease is 65, and the standard deviation is nine years. The average age is easy—the average age of people being...

Seems like there's a lot of members of this forum living in Texas and Western Canada. Do we have any demographic statistics on a forum participants?

Hi, My name is Max and I have been very concerned recently about ALS. I’ve been reading these forums a lot, which has furthered my understanding of the disease, as well as greatly increased my sympathy for those who have it and my empathy for those who think they have it. If possible, I would be...

As uncomfortable as this is, I am compelled to clear the air - You may receive messages from a couple of disgruntled members in which they forward private messages I have sent to them in the past. Some of my forwarded messages may or may not have been edited. These people are clearly very...

Yesterday was my last working day.:D Wasn't ez to make that decision. From a lot of our care takers threads you'll see a common theme. Men are stubborn and PALS will do all kinds of denial to keep our lives "normal" for as long as we can. That means working, driving, not letting others do...

Hi. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Peter and I am 29 years old. English is not my native language so please ignore some errors on my side. I am under diagnosis for about one month. Everything started as some kind of problems with my spine/back and hip. For 2 days pain and...

My hero, my daddy was diagnosed with ALS three days ago. My parents have suspected it for over a month, they were just told the news. Mom called and told my husband first while I was at work so he could be there for me when she told me. The doctors think he has had it about a year. I hate...

tl;dr, All important details will be bolded for easy reading. Hello, posters of the forum, yes, this seems like the obligatory "first worry post" per se, and, well, it is. Well, this is going to be absolutely moronic of me, but I'd love to hear from actual sufferers rather than the standard...

I have been going through an ALS diagnosis for over a year now. 6 months ago I was classified as 'possible' ALS (stage 1) and after a follow up last thursday with my neurologist which included my fourth EMG I was shocked to hear him tell me that I was now going to be classified as 'probable'...