What’s not to love about spring? The trees are blooming, daffodils are reaching for the sun, the days are longer and everywhere you look there’s evidence of new or renewed life. Is it any different in those of us with ALS? Needless to say, pretty much everything is different for those [...]
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2 Cor 4:16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. 17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! Just came in from walking Pepper with Rose. Ran into my good friends Paul, Dina and Sarah; they were just leaving their house to come over here to get their fish. Pepper was already tired from walking, and Sarah wanted to run him, so now he’s a mere panting puddle on the couch…contented. Life lately seems [...] It’s been a while since I’ve posted…been going through some extra difficulties not related to ALS, but it’s one of those things where you wonder what effect it may have on my ALS progression, if any. I’m sure you’ve heard how such stressors as divorce can shorten life expectancy. Well, this in the same ballpark. [...] It’s a beautiful Sunday morning. I was just thinking about one of those “getting to know your friends” email surveys I’ve received so many of in the past few years. One of the questions was always “What’s your favorite day of the week?”, and I always replied with “today” or “all days ending with “y”. [...] Okay, I get it that people just don’t want to be around negativity. I say this because I’ve been told I tend to hide what’s really going on in my head, need to be more transparent. Can we really raise enough awareness if we don’t reveal the ugly monster that is ALS? Before ALS destroyed my [...]  Because I have only limited functional use of one hand, I use Dasher, as shown here, to type without a keyboard, only a mouse. Great for loss of use of one hand, even if there's no fine motor control in your better hand. Also adaptable for eyegaze and head-mouse use. Give it a try! I supplement Dasher with an on-screen keyboard called Skeleton Key, created by a PALS, Dov Wisebrod.
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