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- THROUGH THE EYES OF PALS PAGE
- THINGS PALS DO (HOBBIES)
- PALS STORIES
- Clark's Story
- Fran's Story
- Mom's long goodbye
- Nick's Story
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- Audrey's Story
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- Wink at Last Glance
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- The Survivors
- The Survivors - A Response
- Orville Gallino's Story
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- Tom Davis's Story
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- HELP WITH SOCKS


- CALS CORNER PAGE
- Take Care of Yourself For Those You Care For
- A loving tribute and a caregiver's guidebook
- Communicating with Your Doctor, Part I
- Communicating with Your Doctor, Part II
- A Caregiver's Pledge
- Caregiving and Controlling Frustration
- Caregiver's Guide to Understanding Dementia Behaviors
- Taking Care of YOU: Self-Care for Family Caregivers
- Some comfort for the grieving: There's no wrong way to do it
- Caregiver Stress
- Ten Tips for Family Caregivers
- Lifting, Moving & Handling
- Sharing the Care
- Types of Caregiving
- Five Ways to Minimize Stress
- CALS STORIES PAGE
- Carole Brody Fleet’s Story
- Tribute to Jim
- Nancy's Story
- Roly Griffith,s Story
- Mary Valliere's Story
- Karin Michelussi's Story
- Shirley Goodwin's Story
- Mary Edmond's Story
- Brenda Carter's Story
- Kris Yerex's Story
- Meg Brasser's Story
- - Gone From Sight
- Cheryl Sherriff's Story
- Clyde and Ruth Harris's Story
- Mildres Kraus's Story
- Shirley Kirk's Story
- Vonda Franklin's Story
- Joan Vindevoghel's Story

- ALS/MND RESEARCH PAGE
- ALS Therapy Development Institute Partners with Clinical Centers to Establish Pathological Mechanisms of Lou Gehrig's Disease
- ALS Association Research Grants Announced
- Brain Painting: U.Va. Psychology Professor Dennis Proffitt Helps 'Locked-In' Artist Create With Technology
- Albany Med seeks way to harness brain waves
- New Eye Gaze System Provides Independence to Individuals Living with Significant Speech and Physical Disabilities
- Computer opens door to communication for woman with ALS
- Data mining may help predict signs of Lou Gehrig’’s disease sooner than traditional methods
- Seeking Individuals for Participation in ALS Gene Study

- STRICTLY STEM CELL
- Stem cells can be used to create limitless blood supplies
- To make treatment safer, Sacramento scientist studies stem cells' dark side
- Stem cells cloned from menstrual blood
- Stem Cells and IVF: The Wild West of Reproductive Technology
- Stem cell proposal advancing toward Mich. ballot
- Barack Obama Would Reverse President Bush's Stem Cell Research Policy
- Stem cells row
- Supporters Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Question McCain's Support, The Hill Reports
- Repair Stem Cell Institute Announces Industry's First Standards of Excellence for Global Stem Cell Treatment
- QLD scientists' stem cell breakthrough
- New possibilities for stem cell research
- Stem cells mimic genetic faults in incurable diseases
- Lawmakers press stem cell measure during Ann Arbor forum
- Scientists produce stem cells for 10 diseases
- Canadian Scientists Make Stem Cell Find
- Researchers able to direct stem cells to create certain progeny
- Buck Institute opens stem cell research training lab
- NIGMS Awards Three Stem Cell Grants Totaling $27M
- UW-Madison granted nearly $9 million for stem cell research
- Iran 1st producer of iPS cells in ME
- 5 stem-cell lines’ consent forms questioned
- San Francisco Chronicle Examines Efforts To Revise Rules Prohibiting Paying Women For Donated Eggs
- Stem Cells Generated from ALS Patients for the First Time

- Walk for ALS 2008
- News From Ohio
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- Newsletters from Here & There
- Forum, Classified, Chat

- WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Awareness
- This & That
- 2008 ALS Atlantic Conference
- The Les Turner Foundation ALS Walk4Life
- Hike for ALS
- 4th Annual ALS/MND Nursing Symposium
- Adventure to raise ALS awareness in Hawaii
- Les Turner ALS Foundation Latest News and Information
- Personal cause
- Providing a voice for ALS victims
- Fighting the good fight...
- Putnam grads come together for classmate
- Firefighter Michael Kinder waits for traffic so he can solicit donations
- Get in Step to Fight ALS!
- When illness strikes, online communities can offer the best catharsis
- Memorial garden tribute at Brandon Wood Farm
- Gifts to QE Hospital fulfill dying mum’s wish
- Out-of-way mailbox in northern Berks County honors late hiker and the peak he loved
- Artists unite to fight disease
- Car wash to raise funds
- Still swinging away
- Make a Joyful Noise golf outing set for Sept. 7
- Missouri Foundation for Health awards grants to six nonprofits
- ALS TDI E-Update Vol. 2 Num. 8
- Finding healthy support in the online world
- Teams raise £15,000 at Southport’s Dragon Boat Races
- Levison 5K still on mission to back research
- Raise a Glass to Darryl Goss - A Fundraiser to Celebrate Good Music, Beer & Darryl!
- Lewis’ MDA telethon to air Labor Day weekend
- Les Turner Foundation Vote today - help us win $1.5 million from American Express!
- Heavy hail doesn't hinder memorial mile race
- Lou Gehrig's disease sufferers can get help in Edmonds
- Old Bobcat teammates join forces to fight ALS
- North Essex - grandmas' trek to beat 'glass coffin' disease
- Allow IPLEX to be distributed to ALS patients and burn victims
- Baywater North girl's words help in tough times
- Motor neurone disease killed my father
- Illness, bureaucracy can't stop true love
- Hootenanny raises $70,000 for ALS research
- This one's for you, Mom
- Phils fight ALS at 19th Annual Phillies Phestival
- It's not a lecture, but words will last
- When a health care issue gets personal, you fight
- Twins volley for record, charity
- Celebrating a good friend
- About a boy
- One last gift to her father
- Muscular dystrophy support group is active around here
- Hootenanny for Hope
- Compassionate Conservatives?
- Brothers make trek in memory of father
- Angler's dying wish granted as his ashes are turned into 30lbs of fishbait
- Israel worries about dangerous brain drain
- Extra Hands for Jack Orchard
- Dreams Auction Raises Over $560,000
- Strong sales equal employment boost
- The Yellow House - a Story of Love
- ‘Caddy for Life’ stirs memories, brings tears
- Hershey Med's doctors help China's ALS treatment take
- Bowling ALS benefit softball game Aug. 16
- A tale of two fathers
- Friends upgrade house for Bob Stahl, ALS sufferer
- Speech Enhancer Offers Help For Parkinson’s ALS Patients
- ALS Association and Hope Hospice Team Up for Patients

- HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SOCIETIES PAGE
- ALS Canada
- ALS Alberta
- Events in Alberta (If Any Reported)
- ALS B.C.
- Events in B.C.(If Any Reported)
- ALS Manitoba
- Events in Manitoba(If Any Reported)
- ALS New Brunswick
- Events in New Brunswick (If Any Reported)
- ALS Nfld. & Lab.
- Events in Nfld & Lab. (If Any Reported)
- ALS Nova Scotia
- Events in Nova Scotia (If Any Reported)
- ALS Ontario
- Events in Ontario (If Any Reported)
- ALS P.E.I.
- Events in P.E.I.(If Any Reported)
- ALS Québec
- Events in Québec (If Any Reported)
- ALS Saskatchewan
- Events in Saskatchewan (If Any Reported)
- CANADIAN ALS/MND CLINCS PAGE

- General Questions About ALS/MND & PLS
- About ALS (Carolinas ALS Center)
- Clinical Review - Palliative care in MND
- Stem Cell Cheat Sheet
- Motor Neuron Disease
- SUPPORT GROUPS
- Neurology is often misunderstood, yet vital medical field
- Tracheal Suction Guidelines
- WHAT IS ALS?
- ALS FAQ
- ALS DICTIONARY
- ALS Clinical Trials - What are they?
- STEM CELL FAQ
- WHAT IS PLS?
- PLS Registry
- Welcome to the ALS Registry
- ALS Society of Canada Releases Clinical Care Guide for General Practitioners
- International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations Statement on Alternative Treatments
- ALS/MND: The Dangers of Unproven "Therapies"
- Constipation and how to avoid it
- Manual for People Living With ALS Now Available
- Poor Circulation a Major Concern
- Managing Neck Muscle Weakness
- Don't Let Leg Swelling go Untreated
- Drug trials: A booming business
- Ask the Doctor

- TELLING CHILDREN ABOUT ALS/MND
- EASING THE PAIN FOR CHILDREN
- What is the Best Way to Discuss ALS/MND With Children?
- Teacher Views Her ALS as a Lesson to Share with Pupils
- Information for Kids

- THE CANADIAN ALS MARCH OF FACES
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- ALS Canada
- ALS Newfoundland & Labrador
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- ALS B.C.
- THE ALS MARCH OF FACES

- IN MEMORIAM PAGE
- ALS Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
- ALS Society of Prince Edward Island
- ALS Society of Nova Scotia
- ALS Society of New Brunswick
- ALS Society of Québec
- ALS Society of Ontario
- ALS Society of Manitoba
- ALS Society of Saskatchewan
- ALS Society of Alberta
- ALS Society of B.C.
- People from out of Canada

- ACCESSIBILITY PAGE
- Getting Around Inside and Outside your home
- Kitchen, Laundry and Storage Rooms
- Bathrooms
- Stairs and Access Ramps
- Making your Home more Handicap Accessible
- Tips to Stop Trips
- Home Safety Check List
- So You Want to Travel?

- AS I SEE IT PAGE
- ALS versus hepatitis C and HIV
- ALS/MND Diagnosis
- After ALS/MND Diagnosis What Next?
- ALS/MND Awareness
- ALS/MND Support Groups
- THE ALS SONG PAGE

- A BONNIE PAGE
- A Command Performance
- ROSES FOR BECKY
- ‘MY GRANITE EMBRACE-A LOVE LETTER TO MY PROVINCE’
- ‘The Free-Wheel Drive’
- ‘THE CHRISTMAS LESSON’
- ‘Anchors Away!’
- ‘What Is Really In A Name?’
- Mistake You Say?
- My Best Jack O Lantern
- Slipping the Surely Bonds of Earth
- My Fathers Eyes
- THE MARIPOSA AND THE BOSSA NOVA
- The Day The Town Stood Still
- About Daniel
- My Wild Goose Chase
- Patchwork Memories
- Margie and Me
- A Road to My Memory
- My Cat and a Hat
- Goin Fishin?
- The Time I was Tricked
- How Many Apples does it Take?
- Want a Reference
- Home We Calls Um Flowers
- Cheryl P. and her Recycling Program
- Beryl & the Budgie Bird
- A Major Bum Check
- Simonizing as a Creative Tool
- My Favourite Rant
- Just Call it the IV
- How Windy Was it Anyway?
- What was she Thinking?
- Hooked on Cod Candy
- A Mad Cow in Stiches
- Listen to your Nurse
- Retired are Ya?
- Remember Your Helmet
- Where's the Key?
- My Orange Cow
- The Short Explanation
- The Lobster Attack
- The Surgeon and my Seemore
- Changing Schools? Not Me!
- Mixed Messages
- Does You Have Any?
- The Captain's New Recipe
- Roots and Wings
- Hopscotch by Gosh
- The Nursery Connection
- The Skunks of Summer
- What Did You Say
- The Search for a Perfect Christmas Tree
- A Special Time for Nanny
- The Phone Call
- A Short Lived Championship
- Cinnamon Hearts and Rocky Mountains
- A Musical Note
- A Rare Find in Newfoundland has Scientists Baffled
- Embarrassing the Devine
- Sisters Boot Laces
- The Penny Puppy
- Oh My Blessed Sole
- Up in Smoke
- Bogged Down
- A Jarring Experience
- The Bumblebee Razor
- I Am Your Nurse
- Come to the Church in the Wildwood
- Of Nurses and Comets

- MILLIE'S PAGE
- Precious Words
- A Message To Mother
- If You Turned Around (For ALS)
- The Destined Path
- May You Fly As High As You Walked Tall
- Another Battle For Peace
- I Miss You Mom
- My Arms Will Be Your Stairway
- YOU WERE A PRECIOUS PART OF US
- Take My Hand Little One
- Hope
- All That You Were
- A Tribute to George
- Grandchild Lessons
- Lessons
- Good Night Little One
- Memories of Mother
- With My Love, Mother
- A Battle for Peace (For the Fallen RCMP Officers)
- Our World Became Quite (Also For the Fallen RCMP Officers)
- My Daughter
- My Son You Mean So Much To Me
- My Mother's Eyes
- Keaton's Star
- God Gave Me an Angel
- And the Angels Sang
- My Precious Sister
- I Have Loved You My Child
- God Bless You Mom & Dad
- You Are Part of Me
- Love Is
- My Memory
- I Love You My Child
- My Gift
- Grandpa
- If
- I Will Remember You
- LIST OF PLEDGES TO REMEMBER TO DATE
- TO MAKE A PLEDGE TO REMEMBER


- DISABILITIES, ABILITIES AND INSPIRATION PAGE
- Why I Volunteer
- A Personal Christian Reflection on Hospice Palliative Care Week
- Musings on Winston Churchill
- Abstract from A Cripples Palace
- Advocate or Diplomat?
- CREATING CHANGE THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
- Free the Giraffes!

- My Navy Time
- The Canadian Medical Expedition To Easter Island
- Rapanui, an article by Professor Grant McCall
- A Little Booklet That We Were Given
- Historical Background of Easter Island
- Organization of HMCS Cape Scott
- Preliminary Report on METEI and of HMCS Cape Scott

- Bits and Bytes
- Curiosity Killed the Cat
- Tuesdays with Morrie
- A Tribute to Grndparents
- Butterflies

- WHERE DID THESE GO - HALIFAX AN ALS HOT SPOT - SPOUSAL ALS, WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT FIND OUT HERE

- SOME GOOD BOOKLETS IN PDF FORMAT FOR CHILDREN, PALS AND CALS
- THE LOU GEHRIG CONNECTION
- My Friends & A Clinic Visit
- Friends and Family
- My Volunteer Award night
- Our Excellent Adventure
- A visit to London Ont. and the ALS Clinic

- COMPUTER TIPS AND VIRUS WARNINGS PAGE
- Identity Theft—The Scary Truth About Data Leaks
- Taken by Storm
- Protect Yourself from the Spam Invasion
- Yikes! Spam is 90 Percent of All Email
- Canada Revenue Agency issues alert about e-mail scams
- False Comforts: The Myth of Anonymity
- Eight Steps to Responsible Surfing
- Ever wonder why you get viruses or junk mail?
- How To Spot an Email Hoax
- Inside botnets (Part 1)
- Inside botnets (Part 2)
- Spyware vs. Viruses: A Comparison Of Today's Top Computer-Based Threats
- Beware of 'Helpful' eMail
- Keyboard Equivalents
- Introduction to Scanning
- Simple Computer Maintenance Tips
- How to Configure XP Firewall
- Don't Get Caught by "Physhers"
- THERE'S A SCAMMER BORN EVERY DAY
- Hash Values - The Digital Fingerprint
- Snoop Proof your PC
- Spring Cleaning? Don't forget your PC
- Internet Slang
- Technology that you should know - Date & Time Stamps
- Think twice before using Hotel Internet Connections
- The VERY BEST way to stop a Virus
- Do NOT click that link

- ARCHIVES ONE
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- ARCHIVES THREE
- ARCHIVES FOUR
- ARCHIVES FIVE
- ARCHIVES SIX
- ARCHIVES SEVEN
- ARCHIVES EIGHT
- ARCHIVES NINE
- ARCHIVES TEN
- ARCHIVES ELEVEN
- ORGANIZATIONS THAT I SUPPORT AND SOME SITE AWARDS

- MY PAGE OF LINKS TO OTHER SITES
- U.S ALS Societies
- Worldwide ALS Societies and Research Facilities
- Adaptive Equipment
- ALS Related Disease Sitebr> - Muscular Dystrophy Sites
- Communication Devices and Equipment
- Some French Sites
- ALS Forums & Discussion Groups
- Caregiver Information
- ALS Chat Rooms
- PALS Sites
- Other Useful Links
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  • My Newsletter Volume 4 # 33 

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Some of the items, especially in the older newsletters, the links will no longer work. This is because the items have likely been archived (especially if they are research items) or deleted.  In order to keep the site as up-to-date as possible I try to take the older articles down two weeks after publication.

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MY PLEDGE TO REMEMBER
Do you have a friend or loved one that you ike to Pledge to Remember? If so please go to the page below, you can pledge on line or print the form off and send it to me. Donations are appreciated but not necessary, the money raised will go to Research at ALS Canada and Awareness at ALS March of Faces. Please consider taking part in this project.

 

 

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ANGELS FOR HOPE

Angels for Hope is a non-profit organization that offers free crocheted angels for anyone in need of hope.

We attach a small card with the angel toay to an injured or ill person, you are not alone, others do care, and you are in our thoughts and prayers.

At your request we can let it be known that you requested the item.

In addition to crocheted angels, we also offer butterflies and smiley faces

 

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* Note: The pictures found on the Canadian March of Faces and the In Memoriam pages are on this site with the permission of the ALS Society of Canada and ALS March of Faces. If anyone objects to their or someone else's picture being on these pages please inform me in writing and the picture will be removed (depending upon who signed the consent form).

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