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Teenager Sabrina Parker Loses Courageous Battle with ALS | World News Insight How sad.

21 months into this condition and I fear I am becoming self-consumed. I feel like the Old Testament prophet Jonah, who managed to cram 18 repetitions of the personal pronoun and its derivatives into a mere 5 verses*. (That's a strike rate of better than one me-me, I-mine or my-my in every 7...

It's been a year now and my son Johnny finished Phase 1 of the Talampanel trial out of Forbes Norris in San Francisco on March 29th. We won't know for a few more months, if he was on the placebo or the meds. He agreed to also taking the real meds. He's on the high dosage, three x a day. This...

Hello, there. I know my screenames pretty weird. I didn't want my family knowing I am posting on threads. I know my mom'd be upset, cause she doesn't want me to know some things, I do... My dad has ALS. I found out over winter break, and things have just been.....so stressful. I know, i'm not...

Haley was the teenager that came down with ALS at 16 and passed away at 17 here in my hometown. She was in choir and drama at high school and tonight, I tuned her choir director's home piano. The choir director knows about my bout with PLS and never fails to ask how I'm doing. Very kind and...

Hello I am 18 years old male that could really use your useful advices. I have been surfing this forum regularly for about a month now and I must say the community here is very supportive and amazing. I would like to hear your opinions on my situation and for you all to judge whether my...

:):)Eryk and I were just sitting around talking, and we were looking at all these threads and forums - they are great, but both of us think it could use something new. :) This forum is full of places for caregivers, those diagnosed and the like. But how about this...a forum just for youth.:)...

I first saw her video 2 months ago and went to share it with my husband today and found out this sweet little girl had passed away from ALS. This is so sad it makes me wonder what in this world is causing ALS in a child so young. Posting from the local news "It is a sad night for friends and...

Does anybody here feel like something they did in there past is what has caused their illness? I keep telling myself that i did not cause this but i cant help think that maybe something i did as a teenager caused this. I used to be so muscular like a little gymnast and i hated it! I always...

hello. i posted a hello post in the new members area, but i have some questions about progression, etc of ALS. a brief background about myself and my family. my mother in law was diagnosed with als around August. She apparently began having symptoms maybe around March from the best that we...