TypingTerror
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- Sep 16, 2007
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- 12
- Reason
- Loved one DX
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- US
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- FL
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- Zephyrhills
Hi all,
We (meaning my husband and I) have known for about 2 weeks now about my father-in-law's diagnosis, bulbar-onset ALS, fairly progressed. We had the followup appointment with the neurologist to ask any questions we wanted, but the one question I couldn't ask was about telling FIL's brothers and sisters. They are not close emotionally, usually only talking to each other at Christmas and birthdays and mainly only through cards. One brother is only 30 minutes away, his sister about an hour away, and his other brother is on the other coast. They have no idea about his health getting like this even though it all started back in July, and we are trying to figure out a place to get together with his family to let them know. Restaurants are out of the picture with FIL's feeding tube, and none of them are really part of any organized religion that may have a meeting area. I know it seems our house should be an obvious choice, but believe me, it is small and still recovering from the hurricanes we had here a few years ago
If anyone has any suggestions for a meeting place, I would appreciate very much.
Marisa
We (meaning my husband and I) have known for about 2 weeks now about my father-in-law's diagnosis, bulbar-onset ALS, fairly progressed. We had the followup appointment with the neurologist to ask any questions we wanted, but the one question I couldn't ask was about telling FIL's brothers and sisters. They are not close emotionally, usually only talking to each other at Christmas and birthdays and mainly only through cards. One brother is only 30 minutes away, his sister about an hour away, and his other brother is on the other coast. They have no idea about his health getting like this even though it all started back in July, and we are trying to figure out a place to get together with his family to let them know. Restaurants are out of the picture with FIL's feeding tube, and none of them are really part of any organized religion that may have a meeting area. I know it seems our house should be an obvious choice, but believe me, it is small and still recovering from the hurricanes we had here a few years ago

Marisa