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  1. K

    Need Advice: Where to Buy Mesh Hoyer Slings

    Hi all, New here, and hoping someone can chime in with some advice. My mother is 87, with delicate skin. The ALS closet loaned us a mesh U sling, but we need one with head support and padded legs (as recommended by our OT). I've scoured the forum and can't find any specifics on suppliers...
  2. K

    Howdy, and Here's My Story

    Hello all, I've been combing the forums for a month or so, mostly because I'm not sure how to manoeuvre around here. I've been learning a LOT from forum, so many helpful people, and especially I've been feeling like I'm getting to know some of you, if not by actual name, then by user name...
    • Katalin
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    • advice afo age bed decline driving emg equipment falling family food ice info meals mnd sad scared speech story support tiredness toileting wanted weakness wes
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: New members
  3. P

    Interabled relationship advice

    Hello everyone. I am in a relationship with a beautiful man who happens to have als. We met when I began helping him as his caregiver. We have so much in common and just hit it off immediately. I know he is ill but I still see HIM the man and not the illness. I watched a documentary where the...
    • priya28
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    • advice age als caregiver immediately love
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: New members
  4. J

    Concerns

    Hello - I am looking for some advice based on some recent symptoms. I have been experiencing muscle twitching for a few months all over. Recently I have been having some issues with my hands. I have been dropping things and feel as though I do not have complete control over my hand movements. I...
    • JohnLop
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    • advice als diagnose muscle muscle twitching symptoms twitching
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  5. L

    Get a good neurologist !!

    I know my previous thread was closed. I only sent this to say I have to start all over because the neurologist I seen completely lied on my evaluation. So much that when my PCP seen me, He couldn't recognize that this neurologist didn't see all the atrophy, difficulties breathing and swallowing...
    • LUTHER
    • Thread
    • advice als atrophy breathing clinical life neurologist swallowing symptoms symptoms of als update
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  6. S

    Could this be ALS please help

    Hi everyone, I’m here looking for some advice I’m hoping you can help me please. Here’s my story:- July 2016 - I had my baby boy by c-section, when they did my spinal I had a pain shoot down my right leg. Once he was here I had bad cramping and spasms in that leg this was continuous until about...
    • Sarah20
    • Thread
    • advice als anxiety back breathing breathing problems burning coughing cramping headaches mri neck pain neurologist night pain please help problems scared sleep spasms story swallowing symptoms tongue work
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  7. H

    ALS Symptoms - worried

    Hi, I am new to this forum. I’m going to try keeping this short. I am 29 years old and since the beginning of August I’ve been experiencing weakness/tightness in my right leg. It was mild then, but has gotten worse over the couple months. Sometimes I want to pull my leg because of weird...
    • Hnoshad
    • Thread
    • advice als als symptoms emg fingers helpful symptoms test twitching weakness worried
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  8. S

    27 Year Old Male please read

    Hi y’all thank you for taking the time out to read this ... I have been living in fear for almost 3 years and I feel like I have to post here now .. My worries Started back 2.5 years ago when I had body wide twitching.. since then I started to notice how sometimes I slur a word or 2.. Since that...
    • Steve91
    • Thread
    • advice back ball burning fear food ice neurologist saliva stop working swallowing symptoms trouble swallowing twitching worries worry
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  9. G

    Freaking out! Would appreciate some input on my symptoms.

    Hi I was wondering if anybody on here could help me. My name is Gerald, I am a 19 year old Caucasian male. I am concerned that I might have ALS or some sort of other motor neuron disease or neurological disorder. Back in August, a twitch developed in my face where just below my left eye almost...
    • GerrBongi
    • Thread
    • advice als back caffeine eye fatigue ice motor neuron disease muscle symptoms twitch twitches twitching work wrong
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  10. B

    Advice needed from community. Medical mystery

    Hi all, https://www.alsforums.com/forum/do-i-have-als-als/41467-clean-clinical-exam-now-gait-abnormality.html Above is a link to my story till about May/June 2018. I have no idea what’s wrong with me, so I’m posting here looking for direction. I have seen multiple neurologists about my...
    • BeachBum
    • Thread
    • ability advice afo atrophy ball clinical cold emg family hip life mnd mri muscle pma problem progression questions scared story symptoms testing twitching weakness wrong
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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