BarryG
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- 02/2008
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- CA
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- Alberta
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- Hinton
An interesting article that I saw this morning. Tony announced that he had bulbar onset ALS in the fall of 2007 just at the time that I was being diagnosed and I am so glad that he is still around.
I noticed that the article says that he has a trache but is only on the ventilator part of the time, at night and for a few hours a day. This is interesting because I always thought that if you had a trache then you had to have a vent. It sounds like he can be more independent and doesn't need constant supervision because he is not totally dependent (yet) on the machine. Something for me to consider and ask my doctors about.
Ex-CFLer works to tackle Lou Gehrig's disease - The Globe and Mail
I noticed that the article says that he has a trache but is only on the ventilator part of the time, at night and for a few hours a day. This is interesting because I always thought that if you had a trache then you had to have a vent. It sounds like he can be more independent and doesn't need constant supervision because he is not totally dependent (yet) on the machine. Something for me to consider and ask my doctors about.
Ex-CFLer works to tackle Lou Gehrig's disease - The Globe and Mail