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DriveSouth
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*bratcat* said:
I recommend that you take her to fucking China or fucking Zimbabwe or fucking Iraq or fucking Pakistan or some fucking place like that, maybe fucking health care would be more to your liking -
CAT
My uncle was just diagnosed with this, and it's not always easy to pin point down what is happening until it's too late..Hugs to you.
A link..http://www.lougehrigsdisease.net/als_what_is_als.htm#What is ALS?
My uncle was just diagnosed with this, and it's not always easy to pin point down what is happening until it's too late..Hugs to you.
A link..http://www.lougehrigsdisease.net/als_what_is_als.htm#What is ALS?
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Feel free -
to go elsewhere for better care and coverage...
I mean for real, bitch, bitch, bitch, go, make you best deal elsewhere-
to go elsewhere for better care and coverage...
I mean for real, bitch, bitch, bitch, go, make you best deal elsewhere-
plasticman33
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My Uncle died from ALS. It's a gradual loss of motor function.
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Bratcat, don't waste your energy.
It's a tough disease, especially to watch a loved one deteriorate and finally die from it..There is no cure, so it doesn't matter where she goes for treatment.
It's a tough disease, especially to watch a loved one deteriorate and finally die from it..There is no cure, so it doesn't matter where she goes for treatment.
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i am sorry brattcat *hugs* my nan had a long term illness that was very distressing for whole family i basically looked after her because my parents couldnt take it i hope everything works out ok
as for drivesouth sheesh show some compassion why the heck did you even post on this thread if you didnt have anything nice to say
i disagree with plasticman i dont know anything about this disease so im not going to comment on it but my parents really regret they didnt do more to help my nan while she was alive ... even though my nan wasnt herself near the end i still know i tried and there was some special moments
as for drivesouth sheesh show some compassion why the heck did you even post on this thread if you didnt have anything nice to say
i disagree with plasticman i dont know anything about this disease so im not going to comment on it but my parents really regret they didnt do more to help my nan while she was alive ... even though my nan wasnt herself near the end i still know i tried and there was some special moments
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KillerMuffin
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DS, shut the fuck up. We live in a privatized health care system. You understand that concept? That it costs MONEY to get better health care? Doctors spend years upon years and rack up some hella big loans to get their degrees. The good ones charge accordingly. Here in my little hellhole it's $120 just for one visit providing nothing is wrong. You can feel free to get whatever fucking healthcare you like, moneybags, but some of us are stuck with what we can affored. Unless you wanna foot the bill either with those tax dollars you probably never pay because you're too much of a selfish fuck to pull them out of tax shelters, or if you wanna hand over the cashe.
I am in the Veteran's Administration "Health" care system. Why? Cause I am poor and I can't afford to pay for a real neurologist. I'm willing to bet that BC's grandmother was in the same boat, she got the best care she could afford or she got the best care that she thought was available.
NOTHING is perfect and NO ONE is perfect. However, in light of years of mis-diagnosis, people have a right to bitch about fucking doctors when their loved one is near death or has passed on. Why? Cause it's part of the grieving process.
Get off your holier than thou better than everyone else supercilious kick, DS. You're a stuck up, over-rated, legend in your own mind and no one here, where we are ALL equal, gives a rats fuck about you.
I am in the Veteran's Administration "Health" care system. Why? Cause I am poor and I can't afford to pay for a real neurologist. I'm willing to bet that BC's grandmother was in the same boat, she got the best care she could afford or she got the best care that she thought was available.
NOTHING is perfect and NO ONE is perfect. However, in light of years of mis-diagnosis, people have a right to bitch about fucking doctors when their loved one is near death or has passed on. Why? Cause it's part of the grieving process.
Get off your holier than thou better than everyone else supercilious kick, DS. You're a stuck up, over-rated, legend in your own mind and no one here, where we are ALL equal, gives a rats fuck about you.
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I didn't mean to sound heartless..
I guess I'm just to straight forward sometimes.
I really feel for bratcat, she knows that.
Thanks for pointing it out to me, sexy-girl, I appreciate it!
I guess I'm just to straight forward sometimes.
I really feel for bratcat, she knows that.
Thanks for pointing it out to me, sexy-girl, I appreciate it!
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I'm sorry that's happened to you BC, nothing worse than a family member with one of those incurable illnesses. I don't know much about ALS, but I do know someone with it who has done something. His name is Mark and he runs www.incrediblepeople.com He's got a lot of good information about ALS, though his page doesn't have much information about it, he's more into people who have these kind of handicaps living out their lives as fully as they can.
I have an address for an ALS make a wish foundation, when I find it, I'll send it to you.
I have an address for an ALS make a wish foundation, when I find it, I'll send it to you.
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My mother has it, I live with it daily, what do you want to know?
ALS or amotrophic lateral scelrosis (this is not spelled correctly) is a disease that kill the motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. Once motor neuron death occurs, the nerves die and are unable to regenerate. Symtoms usually begin in the extremities with numbness and tingling and decrease motion. It is called Lou Gehrig's Disease after the baseball player.
Over time the illness, which is incurable, spreads, affecting speech, swallowing , and eventually breathing. All voluntary motion stops. ALS is always terminal, with an average life expectancy of 3 to 8 years. Genetic ALS will affect entire families, but non-genetic ALS strikes COMPLETEly ramdomly.
My mother can do nothing for herself, not even speak or hold her head up. She is rapidly losing the ability to swallow. Her mind, however, is unaffected, she is totally aware of her condition. It is a horrific disease that we know little about.
*bratcat*, my heart goes out to you and yours. There are support groups, but my experience has been they are very depressing. Still, check out the ones in your area, you may find help. Inevitably someone will suggest "Tuesdays With Morrie", a book about a man with ALS. I took no comfort from the story, but you might, everyone is different. My best advice is to remember her mind is not affected. ALS patients all too frequently
get treated like a piece of furniture and ignored. Talk to her, read to her, play cds and audiio books, show a different movie every night, videotape your day, keep her involved.
Drivesouth, what an inhumane ass you are.
ALS or amotrophic lateral scelrosis (this is not spelled correctly) is a disease that kill the motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. Once motor neuron death occurs, the nerves die and are unable to regenerate. Symtoms usually begin in the extremities with numbness and tingling and decrease motion. It is called Lou Gehrig's Disease after the baseball player.
Over time the illness, which is incurable, spreads, affecting speech, swallowing , and eventually breathing. All voluntary motion stops. ALS is always terminal, with an average life expectancy of 3 to 8 years. Genetic ALS will affect entire families, but non-genetic ALS strikes COMPLETEly ramdomly.
My mother can do nothing for herself, not even speak or hold her head up. She is rapidly losing the ability to swallow. Her mind, however, is unaffected, she is totally aware of her condition. It is a horrific disease that we know little about.
*bratcat*, my heart goes out to you and yours. There are support groups, but my experience has been they are very depressing. Still, check out the ones in your area, you may find help. Inevitably someone will suggest "Tuesdays With Morrie", a book about a man with ALS. I took no comfort from the story, but you might, everyone is different. My best advice is to remember her mind is not affected. ALS patients all too frequently
get treated like a piece of furniture and ignored. Talk to her, read to her, play cds and audiio books, show a different movie every night, videotape your day, keep her involved.
Drivesouth, what an inhumane ass you are.
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