laurel
Very helpful member
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2007
- Messages
- 1,436
- Reason
- DX UMND/PLS
- Diagnosis
- 07/2007
- Country
- CA
- State
- BC
- City
- Vancouver
Diagnosis
Hi Michelle,
Let's hope that the second and third opinions come up with MMN or CIDP. Let us know how things go with the other diagnosticians please. Good luck with all that is ahead. I will pray for a nice healthy baby for you and your partner, and of course pray for you too.
Laurel
I want to sincerely thank everyone for their posts. While I understand that the data for pregnancy after an ALS diagnosis is difficult to find, I am very appreciative for the viewpoints of other PALS who have children. It has helped me to be more confident in the decision I had already made in my heart to go ahead and try to become a mother.
I am a born arguer, so I am attempting to hold my tongue in response to the ethical opinion of another member. I would not have asked for advice had I not first considered the ethical ramifications of such a decision and had the full support of my partner, my family, and my partner's family. Everyone understands how my abilities will one day become limited and is ready and willing to support not only me, but also my child whenever that day comes. They also understand that this disease will take me one day, hopefully a a long way off, and that they will be responsible for raising my child. I couldn't ask for a more supportive circle. That is what family is for.
I started having symptoms in January of this year, just in my right hand. I'm still in the early stages of finalizing a diagnosis (waiting for 2nd & 3rd opinions), so no info has been given on what the speed of my progression is versus the "norm" (if there is one?). My writing and typing are impaired, as well as some of my duties at work - I'm an ICU nurse, but as everyone has said and as everything I've read has said, hopefully my age will help me out. My diagnosis only came from being a pain in the butt nurse to doctors I work with about my inability to start an IV. I don't know if I would have been put off longer had I not known what buttons to push on particular doctors.
Again, thank you to everyone for your positive comments. It is great to know that there is such a supportive community available.
-Michelle
Hi Michelle,
Let's hope that the second and third opinions come up with MMN or CIDP. Let us know how things go with the other diagnosticians please. Good luck with all that is ahead. I will pray for a nice healthy baby for you and your partner, and of course pray for you too.
Laurel