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.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . What do you know about Lou Gehrigs Disease? My mom was diagnosed with Lou Gehrigs Disease a couple of months ago. I really dont know that much about it and when I search it out on the internet there is just too much to read. I am going to see her for the first time in a year. I am a little nervous. I know she is losing feeling in her hands. Dosent walk very well and is in alot of pain. I have talked to her before about smoking marijuana and she was pretty receptive. Right now I have some killer medical marijuana and I would love to be Rating: 5