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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion What do you think about Gene Therapy? in the forum Living With ALS</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/what-do-you-think-about-gene-therapy/#post-24330</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:22:46 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/what-do-you-think-about-gene-therapy/#post-24330"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> What do you think about Gene Therapy?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I’d love it but have c9 defect</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Multi purpose chair in the forum Mobility Aides, Assistive Technology and Medical Equipment</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 22:06:13 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/multi-purpose-chair/#post-24317"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Multi purpose chair</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Too expensive for me but great design</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Relyvrio in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/relyvrio/#post-24072</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:31:34 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/relyvrio/#post-24072"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Relyvrio</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I had so much saliva with just one pill. I quit</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion ALS Community Spotlight: &#34;Living with ALS has brought many changes, but we ‘keep on keepin’ on’” in the forum ALS Awareness Month</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/als-community-spotlight-living-with-als-has-brought-many-changes-but-we-keep-on-keepin-on/#post-23995</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 22:20:17 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/als-community-spotlight-living-with-als-has-brought-many-changes-but-we-keep-on-keepin-on/#post-23995"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> ALS Community Spotlight: "Living with ALS has brought many changes, but we ‘keep on keepin’ on’”</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I still go to church most every day</p>
<p>we play cards with friends or see movies or I let them drink and eat it doesn’t bother me to not be able to participate as long as I can be part of the conversation even if it’s with my phone! We go to peoples houses or they come here and just hang and talk. We’ve gone to the botanic gardens, me in a&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-19299"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/als-community-spotlight-living-with-als-has-brought-many-changes-but-we-keep-on-keepin-on/#post-23995" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Which ALS-related science, research, etc. topic is on your radar right now? in the forum Research Topics</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/which-als-related-science-research-etc-topic-is-on-your-radar-right-now/#post-23724</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:31:23 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/which-als-related-science-research-etc-topic-is-on-your-radar-right-now/#post-23724"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Which ALS-related science, research, etc. topic is on your radar right now?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>The new Healy regimen F</p>
<p>with targeting tfp43</p>
<p>joan</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Favorite methods for holding head up in the forum Living With ALS</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/favorite-methods-for-holding-head-up/#post-23636</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 23:57:55 -0600</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/favorite-methods-for-holding-head-up/#post-23636"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Favorite methods for holding head up</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I can’t hold my head up either</p>
<p>the soft collars work marginally</p>
<p>I have a hard class but rarely use it</p>
<p>the best one for myself o found on Amazon called comfy med. Comes in sizes and not expensive</p>
<p>Joan</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Relyvrio in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/relyvrio/#post-23297</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:35:12 -0600</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/relyvrio/#post-23297"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Relyvrio</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I have it but my cytokinetics drug raised my liver and can’t start the relyvrio until liver is normal</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Relyvrio in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:35:12 -0600</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/relyvrio/#post-23296"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Relyvrio</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I have it but my cytokinetics drug raised my liver and can’t start the relyvrio until liver is normal</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Young man with suspected bulbar ALS - what on earth should I do now? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/young-man-with-suspected-bulbar-als-what-on-earth-should-i-do-now/#post-21421</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:08:01 -0600</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/young-man-with-suspected-bulbar-als-what-on-earth-should-i-do-now/#post-21421"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Young man with suspected bulbar ALS - what on earth should I do now?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Please se a neuromuscular doctor and no one else<br />
It’s important to see the correct specialist and it should not take a year.  It is a diagnosis of exclusion </p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion C9 research in the forum Research Topics</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/c9-research/#post-21298</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:43:26 -0600</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/c9-research/#post-21298"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> C9 research</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I have the C9 defect.  what study are you in and through whom or where?</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Is NF-L in CSF Lumbal Puncture a reliable BioMarker? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/is-nf-l-in-csf-lumbal-puncture-a-reliable-biomarker/#post-21297</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:40:57 -0600</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/is-nf-l-in-csf-lumbal-puncture-a-reliable-biomarker/#post-21297"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Is NF-L in CSF Lumbal Puncture a reliable BioMarker?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I suggest a second opinion and if you have the means I would go to Mass general .  Fasciculations are a hall mark of ALS. no other disease causes them</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Understanding PFT in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/understanding-pft/#post-20648</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2021 23:28:31 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/understanding-pft/#post-20648"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Understanding PFT</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>You need to see a pulmonologist ( lung doctor) specializing in ALS</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Update us on the research and trials you are in!! in the forum Research Topics</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/update-us-on-the-research-and-trials-you-are-in/#post-20565</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:38:14 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/update-us-on-the-research-and-trials-you-are-in/#post-20565"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Update us on the research and trials you are in!!</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Jim</p>
<p>the amx0035 is in a phase 3 trial Phoenix and is applying for expanded access also which you could qualify for potentially</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Alternative Medicine and ALS in the forum Living With ALS</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/alternative-medicine-and-als/#post-20427</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:48:34 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/alternative-medicine-and-als/#post-20427"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Alternative Medicine and ALS</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Thank you </p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Dude about diagnosis in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
				<link>https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/dude-about-diagnosis/#post-20394</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:12:44 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/dude-about-diagnosis/#post-20394"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Dude about diagnosis</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I would not wait but see an ALS expert and they are hard to find<br />
She needs to have everything else excluded but then should consider treatment now and not wait<br />
You never know how long you have to live</p>
<p>i had to go to another state to see the correct doctors</p>
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				<title>Joan replied to the discussion Dude about diagnosis in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:11:03 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/dude-about-diagnosis/#post-20393"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Dude about diagnosis</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I would not wait but see an ALS expert and they are hard to find<br />
She needs to have everything else excluded but then should consider treatment now and not wait<br />
You never know howling you have to live</p>
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				<title>Joan posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:05:17 -0500</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:43:03 -0500</pubDate>

				
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