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  1. bkite

    Ears Pop from Ventilator

    Now that I have started using the ventilator and a full face mask to maintain energy during the day, I have been suffering, after a couple of hours on it, from popping of ears which results in loud distracting amplification of my breathing sounds. This never happens when laying down, Any tips...
  2. R

    No Answers

    Hello to all. I am thankful for having a forum like this. My dad was dx with bulbar ALS nearly 3 years ago at the age of 72, and I am grateful for every day he remains with us. He is presently on a ventilator but still has control of his arms to write, so he comunicates with us very well...
  3. M

    My husband, my light

    My husband passed away early this morning. He went to the bathroom in the middle of the night and fell. The disease had advanced to a point where it was difficult for him to breathe without the ventilator. Unable to get up and to breathe, he passed away. I hadn't heard anything and found him...
  4. D

    Improvement in ALS??

    Hello friends My father was diagnosed with MND in April 2016 having weakness in hands and diaphragm. He later also tested positive for Lyme's and was given doxy. We saw some improvement but then his condition started getting worse. In August he had respiratory failure and was on ventilator...
  5. 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 ...
  6. N

    Diagnosed in May 2017

    About 18 months ago my Dad started losing weight. He was eating normally but continued to lose weight alarmingly fast. Doctors thought it was down to a cyst on his liver so in December 2016 he underwent an operation to remove this cyst. When he came around after the aneasthetic He had...
  7. D

    Very Aggressive ALS

    My 70 year old brother in law went from having drop foot to being on a ventilator in about three months! He had been seeing doctors during the progression, but ALS wasn't diagnosed until late April. After three weeks in ICU, he was moved to an acute care hospital where has spent two weeks...
  8. bkite

    Breath Stacking

    So happy with my response to doing breath stacking exercise. I was thinking that magnesium was helping, but the exercise has allowed me to be independent of daytime ventilator use, and I don't get distressed now, when I am laying on my back either in bed or the wheelchair.
  9. bkite

    Magnesium Citrate

    Magnesium Citrate I must have been deficient in magnesium. Last year, I stopped taking it because of stomach irritation. Recently I resumed it in the form of magnesium citrate. Not only is it helping bowel function, my air hunger is gone and I am back to using the ventilator only at night...
  10. Inventor

    Nebulizer and bipap

    I decided to design a chamber that will allow nebulizer to push mist into the ventilator tube. Not yet printed it out.
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