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Discussions

Sharing our progress

Dannygirl
  • By Dannygirl · Posted September 26, 2009
  • In Living with ALS · 2 replies
  • Would any one like to share your day to day progress with me? It is hard to talk to others about what is happening to me so I thought others with the same diagnosis could help answer questions or give ...

Small children interacting with parent with ALS

nannyny
  • By nannyny · Posted September 17, 2009
  • In Family and friends · 3 replies
  • I am nannying for a 7 year old whose father was recently diagnosed with ALS, but his disease has prgressed extremley fast. He was running everyday in Nov. 08 and now he cannot move anything and is permnently ...

ALS in Denial

Jeff28
  • By Jeff28 · Posted August 26, 2009
  • In Newly diagnosed · 5 replies
  • My father was diagnosed with ALS in March 2009 and may very well have had it for over a year as that is when the symptoms set in. Since his diagnosis he has been emotionally shut down and will not even ...

ALS and fluid in pleural space of lungs

smfarr
  • By smfarr · Posted July 23, 2009
  • In Symptoms · 2 replies
  • Hi everyone! Does anyone have experience with fluid build up around the lungs in very early stages of ALS? Possibly even starting before muscular symptoms? This has happened to two of our family members ...

Energy Boosting Natural Remedies? Chinese Medicine?

katiefi
  • By katiefi · Posted April 23, 2009
  • In Family and friends · 1 reply
  • My father was recently diagnosed with ALS. He keeps telling me that he just wants someone to treat him like he can get better instead of treating him like a dead man. He wants to be able to go into a ...

ICU

Chuck1106
  • By Chuck1106 · Posted March 16, 2009
  • In Living with ALS · 2 replies
  • I just got back from the hospital. I went there to the ER because I was vomiting a lot and my wife feared I would be dehydrated, They kept me there for four days. While I was there, the tests they did ...

Children of patients

bschaeler
  • By bschaeler · Posted June 6, 2008
  • In Family and friends · 3 replies
  • My husband was diagnosed with ALS almost a year ago; he has bulbar als, so his progression has been very rapid. I fear he is at the end of this journey as he is exhibiting signs of getting ready to 'let ...

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