remember this - it is never a problem, but merely an opportunity to look at things in life a different way!
2006-08-16 05:00:52
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answered by annie - rainbow goddess 4
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Being told by a group of doctors I have
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is an incurable fatal neuromuscular disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness, resulting in paralysis. The disease attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons, which control the movement of voluntary muscles, deteriorate and eventually die. When the motor neurons die, the brain can no longer initiate and control muscle movement. Because muscles no longer receive the messages they need in order to function, they gradually weaken and deteriorate.
The initial signs of ALS may vary. Symptoms include stiffness and increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the hands and feet. The disease eventually affects speech, swallowing and breathing. Because ALS only attacks motor neurons that control the body's voluntary muscles, patients' minds and senses are not impaired.
Approximately 14 cases of ALS are diagnosed each day nationwide. Most of those who develop the disease are between 40 and 70 years of age. The average expected survival time for those suffering from ALS is three to five years. At any given time, approximately 30,000 people in the United States are living with the disease.
The cause of ALS remains unclear, and no cure exists. While there is no drug to prevent or cure the disease, recent breakthroughs have resulted in Rilutek, a drug that modestly slows the progression of ALS. Sort of sucks dont you think?
2006-08-16 12:05:28
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answered by Michael B 3
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Right now I feel like I'm stuck. I can't go back to college until I pay off a fee I owe, and it's hard for me to find a job, everywhere I apply there's nothing happening. So that's the biggest problem I have right now, but there have been worse problems in the past, and I'm sure it could be worse now.
2006-08-16 12:02:20
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answered by rach 5
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Routed into jail for 3 days for doing nothing, picked up while working as a manager even.
As a kid a gf's mom hated my guts. Didn't want us to date so she trumped up charges that I kidnapped her daughter and held her against her will and broke into their home to do it.
Sat in jail for 3 days looking at 45 yrs hard time in the pen till the judge realized it was all false claims. Mom got in trouble instead. But was the worse 3 days of my life.
2006-08-16 12:03:21
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answered by Anonymous
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The lack of bad, big problems... I'm on a cruising streak ever since I decided to emigrate and leave the Northern hemisphere well to the North...
2006-08-16 12:19:44
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answered by jayoftee 3
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Holding my little Beagle Mozelle in my arms Christmas night as she died before the vet got there.She was hit by a car when she got out.
2006-08-16 12:02:48
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answered by a_phantoms_rose 7
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my husband having a kid outside our marriage, ok it's one thing to cheat, but don't be stupid and get your mistress pregnant, although we've got through that phase of life (4 yrs ago). The little girl is a sweetie, but her stupid mom is a crazy baby mama.
2006-08-16 14:43:10
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answered by WOW! Miss Anissa 3
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Closing my business down last year. Most painful experience - threw me in a deep depression. I never realized how FEARFUL of failure I really was until then.
2006-08-16 12:01:53
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answered by ♥Saffire♥ 4
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my life
2006-08-16 12:02:49
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answered by Anonymous
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WHEN I WAS GROWING UP ,MY FAMILY OF 7 ALL ABUSE ME. THAT MISSED MY WHOLE LIFE UP. NOW I,AM ALONE ,HAVE DEPRESSION AND I NEVER HAD KNOW ONE WHO WOULD LOVE ME. NOW I,AM 59 AND I FEEL MY LIFE IS OVER.
2006-08-16 12:19:50
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answered by russellmcmillen1947 4
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