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    Hello

    My husband, Rick, not only was recently diagnosed with ALS, but is fighting to save his right leg from an accident in July. Would you believe that we went to a church picnic where a homemade cannon was set off for our entertainment, and it malfunctioned and blew up backwards into the crowd...
    • Marjorie R. Wilcox
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    New symptoms with Mother in Law?

    my mother in law was diagnosed with ALS August 24 of this year......My husband and I moved her and my father in law in with us as soon as she was diagnosed. she is primarily wheelchair bound except for short trips back and forth to the bathroom with a walker. She has taken to using "sippee...
    • texgrl
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    • Forum: Current caregivers
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    phlegm issues

    Anyone with Bulbar type symptoms have something simialr to me: IF i force myself to breath through my nose and breath hard I kind of snort, a feeling like the top of my throat is swollen or closed. My nose is clear but i have constant post nasal drip and have a really really tough time...
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    Update

    No news yet from here. My neuro appointment is still October so I continue to wait. Meantime, lots of weird symptom stuff happening. I now feel like aside from my obvious hoarseness, I cannot hear my voice very well when I talk. Strange thing but my voice sounds muffled to me. I am scared that...
    • mamaoftwo
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    • atrophy back coughing cramping early emg eyes fatigue pain paralysis phlegm problems scared symptom tongue update voice wrong
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    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    ALS Concerns

    Hi, I never dreamed I'd be posting on here. And I hope it turns out I am crazy for even thinking about this. This is what I am experiencing: -Occasional tingling and cold feeling in my right hand, especially when using the computer. -Weakness or tired feeling in both legs. Sometimes there...
    • ord1375
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    • als back cold diagnosis early emg fasciculations fingers foot hope hours love movement muscles neurologist nose parkinsons phlegm problems reading scared symptoms tests twitches weakness
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    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Might be time for BiPap

    Hi everyone! Took mom to her pulmonologist today. He has ordered an ABG (arterial blood gas) blood test to find out if she has too much CO2 in her lungs. He mentioned that we need to start discussing her getting a BiPap machine. As he is telling us this, my mother is shaking her head no. I...
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    if swallow starts to get affected is this a sign of it speeding up?

    Hi My gran was diagnosed recently and the neurologist said it looks like it is slow moving MND as her hand is totally unusable now..but that has been coming for a long time my gran feels. Now in the past few weeks her swallow is starting to be affected and she is coughing more and phlegm is...
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    excessive dehydration

    I have developed a very dry saliva. lately. It's not the phlegm I used to choke on but it's like I have Elmers glue in my saliva. I thought it had to do with dehydration but if I drink more water it only helps a little. Do vital organs get affected by ALS? Does anybody have a cure ? Not the dry...
  9. M

    Coughing attacks

    Does anyone else out there have nasty coughing attacks? My sister gets a little tickle in her throat and then has a "coughing attack" where her nose runs, eyes water, mouth salivates...very scary to watch...she tries to calm herself during these so that she doesn't breathe in some phlegm or...
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    Choking on Phlegm....help

    :-D Hi Guys,........back again with another issue which makes me extremely anxious especially when I'm alone at home. I seem to have an overabundance of phlegm which causes me to cough until I am exhausted. Sometimes it seems to get stuck and that's when the panic sets in. I use Mucinex DM...
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