Aprilms818
New member
- Joined
- May 14, 2007
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- 1
- Reason
- PALS
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- US
- State
- CA
- City
- Toluca Lake
I just found out that my Mom has ALS a few days ago. I am having a difficult time accepting the idea. I have know for many months that my Mom has had speech problems. She has been visiting many different homeopathic doctors who have been working to get the toxins out of her body. My thought this entire time is that she has toxins in her body and everything should be fine once they are gone. Her health seemed to be very affected from an accident she had at school in December 2005. She is a Junior High School Teacher. She tripped over a street curb while walking back into her school building. It was kind of slippery and icy outside. That was when her speech and hand problems were noticeably bad. When she fell she hit her head and broke her arm. Through 2006 she did a lot of physical therapy to get better but wanted to go to the Mayo Clinic. She finally got to go to the Mayo Clinic December of 2006 and January of 2007. She told me they said she had Motor Nerve Disease. I did not put 2 and 2 together. I don't know what is wrong with me. I want so bad for my Mom to be better I would do anything. I can't even believe that she is not going to get better. She and I are supposed to be hanging out when we are old ladies! I just need some support to be strong to keep helping my Mom. She is so positive! It is so awesome. My Step-Dad is a big help to her too. Anything she needs, he is there. I just needed to write and say that I am crying a lot lately. I don't feel deep down that I am handling things well yet. I am definitely grieving about being faced with the fact that I might lose my Mom. I just looked into visiting an ALS support group near where I live. They told me that it is open to anyone who wants to visit.
Thank you for having a place for me to post what I am feeling. I don't have many people to talk to right now, and I want to be the most positive I can be around my Mom.
Graciously,
April Marie Smith
Thank you for having a place for me to post what I am feeling. I don't have many people to talk to right now, and I want to be the most positive I can be around my Mom.
Graciously,
April Marie Smith