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PEG Tubes - Myths and Facts

alsgny
  • By alsgny · New reply May 27, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • By Fern Ellen Cohen (PALS) For most PALS, the decision to get a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or feeding tube will have to be made sooner or later. There is understandably some trepidation ...

Daughter diagnosed at 17

Donna7
  • By Donna7 · New reply May 17, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • Hello, My name is Donna and my daughter Elizabeth(Annie)Capehart .She began showing symptoms of this desease at 16 and was diagnose after a long hard year of testing and uncertainty,the diagnosis came ...

Does anyone know of any young people diagnosed with ALS

Donna7
  • By Donna7 · New reply May 14, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • Hi my Name is Donna Capehart,as you probably saw i have a blog named My daughter was diagnosed at 17yrs old, i'm curious as to see how many young people have been diagnosed or if someone knows someone ...

New feature: video!

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 12, 2009
  • 24 replies
  • I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

New feature - profile completeness gauge

Tasha
  • By Tasha · New reply April 14, 2009
  • 14 replies
  • Greetings from TeamInspire! I'm your friendly neighborhood designer, here to tell you about some new features. You might notice that today we revamped your member homepage - https://www.inspire.com/member-home.pl ...

UltraVoice PlusII

Chuck1106
  • By Chuck1106 · New reply March 31, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I checked out this site on the internet, and they sent me information on this voice program. I have Bulbar, and am unable to talk to any extent that people can understand. This says it will allow me to ...

I need help ASAP

Steph09
  • By Steph09 · New reply March 30, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • My brother who was diagnosed with ALS on January 8th with leg and hand weakness is already experiencing difficulty tying his shoes and buttoning his shirts. He also has fallen on numerous occasions, the ...

The Journey Begins

Steph09
  • By Steph09 · New reply March 25, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • My brother, who is 52, was just diganosed with central component ALS. I knew it was coming. I had just watched my husbands favorite cousin die in 6 months from ALS. We buried him in the late spring of ...

living with ALS

iyonna
  • By iyonna · Posted March 24, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • My name is Tonya diagnosed in April 2007. Started having symptoms in 2005 in my hands couldn't shuffle cards, pots kept falling out my hands. In the early part of 2006 I began to limp and fall my right ...

Trent Cole

Bonniesdad
  • By Bonniesdad · New reply March 24, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • This is the first time I am writing a journal entry. My father, Trent, passed away this morning, after a 4 1/2 year journey with ALS. He was 67 years old. I have read all of your journal entries, especially ...

PALS Augie and Lynne Nieto on the NBC Today SHOW Wednesday March 18th -

BobbyB
  • By BobbyB · New reply March 18, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • PALS Augie and Lynne Nieto on the NBC Today SHOW Wednesday March 18th - Augie and Lynne Nieto, co-chairs of MDA's ALS Division, will be featured Wednesday, March 18, on NBC's "Today" show. Among other ...

Wow, still here and healthy...

metaroc
  • By metaroc · Posted March 12, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • God, thank you... I am still relatively the same as when I joined this site... except for my hands, they are curled up, and can't use them much... I can still hold a glass and can brush my teeth, barely ...

Huntington Bay artist painting against the clock

alsgny
  • By alsgny · Posted March 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Mark Kuhn's latest works of art seem to vibrate with incandescent color. Decorating the walls of Kuhn's Huntington Bay house, the paintings are filled with interlocking green, blue, pink and orange figures ...

ALS Association 2008 Advocacy Video

BobbyB
  • By BobbyB · New reply February 23, 2009
  • 2 replies

SARAH'S STORY

BobbyB
  • By BobbyB · New reply February 17, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • SARAH'S STORY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe2F3F_26 gM&eurl= Motor Neurone Disease (MND), in the majority of cases, is a rapidly progressive, fatal disease that can affect any adult at any time. The ...

company that specialized in travel for the disabled.

BobbyB
  • By BobbyB · New reply February 17, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Second place: Work, school put plan on hold By NANCY DAHLBERG ndahlberg@MiamiHerald.com Robert Holtzman entered last year's Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge for the fun of it. He just wanted to see ...

Valentine Plunge 2009

BobbyB
  • By BobbyB · New reply February 16, 2009
  • 1 reply

Saint Francis - Hero

BobbyB
  • By BobbyB · New reply February 11, 2009
  • 2 replies

Carnival For Pals 2008

BobbyB
  • By BobbyB · Posted February 9, 2009
  • 0 replies

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