[quote=EricS]You bet David. I'll start writing it today and we'll get it posted. I've been working with a couple of guys with Doctorates in nutrition and Physical Therapy on these thoughts and we've got some great material to help patients in treatment and then recovery after.

As I do not want to hijack Jim's thread I won't answer any nutritional questions here and will save it for my own post. This is Jim's thread for Jim in dealing with his diagnosis and an opportunity for us to show him love and support, so that's what I'm going to do.

Let us know your results from your appointment my friend, looking forward to it. [/quote]

Ok...hijacking but only temporarily. smile

While you are doing this please look into the lipid connection for nerve damage. I got down to 5% body fat and they had to put me on methadone for several weeks because of intense nerve pain head to toe. For ALS patients it is imperative to keep lipids coming for comfort and slowing disease progression. We hear low fat no fat all the time but the truth is we really need the fat. It is just hard to find healthy fat.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
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Dysautonomia 11/12
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COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
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VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
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Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
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