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    US hospitals at closure risk

    Based on recent federal legislation, a number of hospitals at risk just got riskier. Because most are in rural areas, their closure might necessitate long drives for care. I have attached the list. If you are thinking of moving somewhere, or settling in for the duration, you might want to take...
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    kinder teacher needing answers before new school year

    I agree that a PT eval is a good plan, now that the MRI has argued against serious structural issues and likewise the EMG does not suggest primary muscle/nerve dysfunction causing what you are experiencing. There are a lot of possibilities, including the notion that as a kinder teacher who...
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    Back after 18 years!

    The CPAP may "auto titrate" well or poorly. That setting applies to reducing apnea events, but of course it cannot adjust for overall sleep quality or any lung problems/irritations (why I mention filters and sleep surfaces) that compromise sleep cycles. Waking up in itself disrupts the...
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    Saw this in shower now worried for a week

    If you have unexplained knee pain, you might be favoring the knee and that can cause atrophy elsewhere. So ask the doctor to examine your entire leg and look at your gait.
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    Back after 18 years!

    My first thoughts would be that the CPAP settings might need adjustment, that you need to replace the filters in the machine and/or your furnace and any air purifiers that you are running and/or that your pillow, mattress, and/or overlay could use a second look. Sleep apnea does change over...
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    So I am anxious too

    No doubt this obsessive self-testing is not helping any "huskiness" due to dryness, fear, and exhaustion! Not to mention it's a bad allergy season. You will be best served to block this site and any URLs around ALS. Closing this thread to help you keep your promise above to stop posting and...
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    Nursing Home

    That's why I recommend posting where there are pre-nursing students. The good ones are happy to learn new skills that will feature in the awesome recommendation letter you write to help them get into nursing school, the latter very competitive because there is a shortage of faculty and therefore...
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    I’m concerned now, advice very welcome

    Fusion surgery doesn't always do everything that we might wish, and often when you fix disks at one level, another one shows up with issues later on. What you have described does not sound like ALS at all, but it could suggest lingering and/or new disk damage that might call for some kind of...
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    Nursing Home

    JAM, weren't you in the process of getting a Hoyer lift? You shouldn't be lifting using your own back. If you use an agency, their rate is driven by the highest-complexity gadget that he uses, which is the feeding tube. If you hire one or more individuals yourself, you determine their...
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    Jaw jerk after repeatedly striking to test. Could it have triggered something?

    Sure. Spend the week reminding yourself that widespread twitching by itself means nothing, and finding a good counselor to talk this through with. You can also hop on line and talk with one 24/7 via text if you get scared enough to be tempted to any more self- testing.
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