Dad left behind his non cooperative body today and hopefully my ridiculous anger left too. Please forgive me for my outburst yesterday. it was so inappropriate and I did go back later to try and delete it but you got there first. I don't blame you.
But da's horrible struggle is over. I hope no...
I hate this disease.
I hate what it's doing to my dad.
I hate that he gets frustrated, angry, depressed, and discouraged.
I hate that my mother has to see her husband in such pain, both emotional and physical.
I hate that Dad can't do what he used to or what he wants to.
I hate that he's...
:-x My wife Dx 8/09 returned to the hospital on a Hospice admin yesterday with pneumonia. Today Hospice let me know they want to have a family meeting to discuss moving her to a care facility. I want to swear a lot but there isn't anyone to direct my anger at. She is the love of my life, and it...
hi all... i just wanted to know how you cope with your pALS anger... recently mum has been lashing out, saying some very hurtful things to my dad and me. my brothers seem to get off the hook as they are barely here.. so when they do come by, it's like they're the best people in the world...
Hi all, just wanted to vent i guess. My wife had brain surgery 16 years ago that caused a stroke effect. She was still walking, talking, taking care of the kids and the house until January. Early that month she couldn't get up off of the bed, we attributed it to her bad leg being painful. about...
This is my first posting and I must say I'm writing in anger and frustration...
I'm a nurse caring for a young man recently diagnosed with ALS. He has moderate slurred speach and significant left sided weakness that is rapidly progressing to his other limbs. I'm angry at the medical system, I'm...
My brother (ALS) has quit speaking to my mother and me. Mom is in the end stages of Emphysema and has an apartment in an assisted living facility not far from either of us. Jimmy is angry and blows things way out of proportion. He cannot lift his arms nor stand unassisted and was using a...
My father has been diagnosed with als as of december 08. He is in his 60's and I am almost 40. After weeks of crying everything stopped inside me. I feel so sad inside but that sadness turns to anger in an instant. I am a lucky person. My father was and still is the father everyone I know...
I thought I would like to share with fellow Christians some scripture which I can really identify with and I wondered if others of you did the same. I say for fellow Christians because one who does not know Christ as his Savior could not identify with these verses at all. But in Christ, we can...
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I must admit that in the five years since my ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) diagnosis, I have been a bitter man trying to understand why this happened to me. After years of struggling through the daily challenges of a marriage, raising children, and constantly grabbing at my economic wants, I have...
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