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  1. M

    Progression of symptoms with no diagnosis. Sound familiar

    In July 2009, I posted the following: "I have been reading this forum for about two months now and am so impressed by the support and information provided by the members. I am hoping to learn more and share my own experiences now as a member. I aoplogize in advance of for the long post but it...
  2. arkallen

    The Changing Face of the Little Blue Man

    For starters, he’s not blue at all. It’s a white person on a Royal Blue background. The ubiquitous if incorrectly named Little Blue Man is a friend indeed, and unless you have need of his services you may not fully realise his prevalence. It’s like buying a car: once you settle on a...
  3. K

    CNN story

    Did anyone see the CNN story about a man named Gary who has ALS? I only caught the last part of it while I was driving home from work but it seemed to me as if the man was planning to commit suicide and donate his organs to others. ( I may have this all wrong, which is why I am asking if anyone...
  4. arkallen

    The Carpenter

    Winter 2010 #8 Buttons, spoons, needles and thread, pens, papers, clothes pegs and jam jars - all of these things have become troublesome in recent weeks. I find them all a little less responsive to my touch; vaguely unhelpful, occasionally disobedient. I suspect they are silent conspirators in...
  5. F

    Dizziness/Vertigo

    My husband has ALS since May of 2008. For the past month he has experienced severe dizziness, blurred vision and headaches. He has a CT and MRI that are clear. His doctors say that they don't believe this is a symptom of ALS. He has gone to therapy for BPPV but it hasn't helped. Has anyone...
  6. S

    interesting research

    hi all, there seems to be a fair bit of interesting research and data coming out at the moment......hopefully this hasn't already been posted. cheers...stu New Revelation on Cell's Recycling Centre 15 July 2010 View Comments Image by Xiang Wang and Haoxing Xu. Ann Arbor, MI (Scicasts) - In...
  7. A

    Some helpful info on my symptoms, please

    My symptoms started some eight months ago when I had a wisdom tooth extracted. They started with paresthesia in my right hand... At night the bases of my fingers started getting swollen and red I also also acquired palmar erythrema. This continues up to now. Following was a horrible pain on the...
  8. arkallen

    D-Day

    5.50am “Sorry to wake you…” a doctor’s voice abruptly cuts through what had finally become a reasonable sleep on one of those operating tables that pass for beds in hospital. The doctor had arrived well before dawn in search of blood from an artery (ouch); blood that evidently had to be...
  9. P

    Double Vision

    I haven't posted in quite some time, my husband was given a diagnosis of ALS after many months. He definitely has a slow progression, right now he is does not want to go to any more drs, which is frustrating, but I can understand. For the past 3 months he has been having double vision on and...
  10. L

    Bulbar ALS Symptoms?

    I have been experiencing a severe dry throat and mouth for about 1 month. I drink water the entire day and it's immediately dry after I take a drink. I have also noticed occasionally I have trouble pronouncing "sh" sounds. It will come out "th" instead. Josh is Joth. Also, I have been...
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