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  1. dkcarl62

    How do I know when its time? Walker to PWC transition?

    Thanks in advance for your input! So now, I'm paying a private trainer to work with me to keep my strength and mobility as good as it can be. But I can barely walk now. Going to the gym and moving from machine to machine with my walker is torture. I can still use my walker (rollator) around...
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    bipap & feeding tube advice for ALS-FTD

    Hi all! It's been awhile since I've posted. My husband was diagnosed with ALS-FTD in October 2014. He is definitely weaker in body and mind, week by week! He presented bulbar ALS and personality changes FTD, before a thousand other symptoms kicked in. He just started using a walker when we go...
  3. W

    Mom diagnosed recently

    Hello All, I’ve been lurking on these pages for some time now and feel I should post. My mom was diagnosed with ALS in January of this year. For her, it started out a few years ago as a normal jog one morning. By the middle of her run something was wrong with her left leg, she couldn’t lift...
    • Will4
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    • als caregiver children diagnosed diagnosis family father fell helpful lift medical muscles pain physical therapy problem problems research running scooter second opinion surgery tests therapy transfer walker wanted work worried wrong
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Newly diagnosed
  4. Comoguy

    Backing into a diagnosis

    Hello! I've been poking around the forum for a few months now and I think it is time for me to face facts. About 18 months ago I started having problems with my balance. I didn't fall but stumbled and couldn't take my eyes off the floor as I walked through crowds. By the time I saw my GP a few...
    • Comoguy
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    • als arm back balance brain brother confusing dad dementia diagnosis eyes mri neurologist problems rilutek second opinion story stupid symptoms symptoms of als walker work
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Newly diagnosed
  5. R

    Use it or lose it?

    Sorry I stole that from someone else's post but I couldn't think of a better description of what I wanted to ask. I was diagnosed in January 2014. I quit working in July. Once I quit working, I start spending more more time at home either sitting in the chair or laying down in bed using my iPad...
    • ralsip
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    • ability accessible van bed chair diagnosed driving lift muscle power power wheelchair transfer van walker wanted wheelchair
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: People with ALS (PALS)
  6. T

    My Mom is finally at peace

    My mom passed away on December 21st. She was going on day 13 of no tube feedings. I haven't been able to come back to the forum for a while, and I apologize for that. I guess I've been trying to make sense of the last 4 difficult months of her life, and I'm still as confused as ever. She...
    • TGB1
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    • back breathing breathing problems bulbar confused diagnosed early fell hip immediately life nursing home onset peg problems sad walker
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: In memory of
  7. vzandt

    My pals has left me.

    For five years we worried about ALS. About how it would end. My husband of thirty nine years passed on Thursday the 16. I never posted a lot because his was so slow...even the newbies seemed worse than he was. He used a bipap at night. A walker to walk. He was just beginning to have voice...
    • vzandt
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    • age als back bed bipap cals life night pals scared spasms voice walker wanted worried worried about als worry
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: In memory of
  8. A

    clinic visit today...feeling down

    Good news first, breathing still normal, high 90s Bad news: fasics now noticeable in tongue which has me really scared. Weakness in left leg and arm increasing but still can get around with walker. I asked about wheelchair referral since I've read about how long that can take. They gave me...
  9. A

    Adventure!

    For the past 8 months my husband and I have planned to visit friends in Singapore, Cambodia, and Western Australia. MG’s PLS has progressed. He is walker dependent and extremely slow, and has resisted getting a wheelchair. He can eat but swallowing is slow. His speech varies but has been...
    • avnl
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    • anxiety bed caretakers medical mobility pls progression scooter speech swallowing travel trip walker website wes wheelchair work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Primary lateral sclerosis
  10. G

    Puffy legs and ankles

    My hubby for the last few days has started to get puffy legs with his skin feeling tight, he is just starting on his third packet of riluzol, could this be a side effect of the riluzol? He is still mobile on his legs with the help of his walker. Thanks, love Gem
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