Thanks for the update, Geonagual. I'm glad you went to see her and glad you let us know how she's doing. I was going to bump this thread and ask you for the latest if we hadn't seen an update pretty soon.

Does your mom have someone there to help her as the disease progresses? Help her get up from those falls? I hope so.

Watching my friend Patti's mom endure the progression of that disease was like watching a nightmare unfold before our eyes. It must be a thousand times worse for the people who're enduring the disease first-hand. To have a completely cogent mind and yet a body that's deteriorating with each passing day--like I said, a nightmare. Glad the marinol is helping her nausea.

If you're ever interested, an ALS patient named Jenifer Estess wrote a book called Tales From the Bed: A Memoir about her experience with ALS. It's a really good and interesting book. Also a sad one. But at the same time very hopeful. She and her sisters founded an organization called Project ALS to help find a cure. The book may hit too close to home right now, but someday I expect you'd enjoy reading it. I did.