Everybody ... thank you so much ! I think we all have rotten days ... we wouldn't be here if we didn't ! But mostly, I'm really enjoying being alive like most of us here. I was just trying to accommodate those who felt I should vent more. As you said, Al, I can still stand at the counter and pound away, which not only lets me vent, but also gives me a little exercise. :lol: And screaming (when I'm alone in the house) is strangely satisfying, too. Let it out!
(Do you remember the scene in "Analyze This" when the shrink tells Robert DeNiro to get rid of his angst by hitting the pillow, and DeNiro whips out a gun and shoots it? That's my kind of venting!)
Barry ...that supplement sounds great. I'll get some. I'm trying everything to add more calories. (Which is a little ironic after a lifetime of dieting!)
Joel, thanks for your concern. The hassle with the BiPap is because I live in the good old USA where getting health care is a competitive sport. Getting the settings right is not difficult unless your doctor ordered the wrong ones to begin with, and it takes a month or so of arguing among the pulmonologist, the insurance company and the vendor as to whose fault it was!
'm sure your wife is not suffering, Joel. That was a joke ... although considering what our caregivers go through, there's a lot of truth in it, I think. Caregiving to a PALS can be hell on wheels, as many on this forum can testify.
As to ALS not being fatal, I have no issue with how you define cause of death. I do, however, kinda object to those who say to a terminally ill patient (no matter what the cause), "you'd get better if you only tried harder," which a friend of mine kept telling her brother as he died of lung cancer. A little blame the victim there. Mind and body are connected (or the same, actually) but sometimes all the positive thinking in the world cannot wish cancer cells away. It can, however, help give you the strength and the endurance to stick with the treatments until, hopefully, they work.
Al: About whether my glass is half empty or half full. If it had rum in it, it's completely empty.
You guys are the best, and I love you all.
Kim ... what a lovely gesture! Thank you. I think YOU need a Zaphoon Celebration Day !