Joan
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I’d love it but have c9 defect
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Too expensive for me but great design
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Joan
MemberMay 18, 2023 at 5:20 pm in reply to: ALS Community Spotlight: “Living with ALS has brought many changes, but we ‘keep on keepin’ on’”I still go to church most every day
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 wheelchair, and the zoo
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Joan
MemberMarch 30, 2023 at 9:31 pm in reply to: Which ALS-related science, research, etc. topic is on your radar right now?The new Healy regimen F
with targeting tfp43
joan
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I can’t hold my head up either
the soft collars work marginally
I have a hard class but rarely use it
the best one for myself o found on Amazon called comfy med. Comes in sizes and not expensive
Joan
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Joan
MemberFebruary 8, 2022 at 3:08 pm in reply to: Young man with suspected bulbar ALS – what on earth should I do now?Please se a neuromuscular doctor and no one else
It’s important to see the correct specialist and it should not take a year. It is a diagnosis of exclusion -
Joan
MemberJanuary 11, 2022 at 2:40 pm in reply to: Is NF-L in CSF Lumbal Puncture a reliable BioMarker?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
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You need to see a pulmonologist ( lung doctor) specializing in ALS
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I would not wait but see an ALS expert and they are hard to find
She needs to have everything else excluded but then should consider treatment now and not wait
You never know how long you have to livei had to go to another state to see the correct doctors
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I would not wait but see an ALS expert and they are hard to find
She needs to have everything else excluded but then should consider treatment now and not wait
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I have the C9 defect. what study are you in and through whom or where?
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Joan
MemberSeptember 23, 2021 at 2:38 pm in reply to: Update us on the research and trials you are in!!Jim
the amx0035 is in a phase 3 trial Phoenix and is applying for expanded access also which you could qualify for potentially