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		<title>For Caregivers of the Newly Diagnosed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tribal Dancer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve gotten several emails recently from visitors who are dealing with a brand new ALS diagnosis, so I thought I would write a little about what I went through at first.  I hope it&#8217;s helpful.
You should also see my previous blogs, especially Caring For The Caregiver.
If your loved one was just diagnosed with ALS, you&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BiPAP experience ended</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tribal Dancer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An update to this post is at this link.
A while back I wrote about the BiPAP machine that mom got to help her breathe at night.  We finally found a mask that worked ok because the nose pieces weren&#8217;t working at all, but today she told me she isn&#8217;t going to use it.
My mother&#8217;s greatest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with new issues &#8211; a part of caregiving</title>
		<link>http://alscaregiver.com/2008/09/dealing-with-new-issues-a-part-of-caregiving/</link>
		<comments>http://alscaregiver.com/2008/09/dealing-with-new-issues-a-part-of-caregiving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tribal Dancer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most nefarious things about ALS is that it never stops progressing.  You can have periods of &#8220;same-time&#8221; but inevitably things begin to move again.  It&#8217;s very easy to let yourself get lulled into a sense of security in those times because, while the disease is still progressing, it is doing so slow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with grief for the bereaved and their associates</title>
		<link>http://alscaregiver.com/2008/07/dealing-with-grief-for-the-bereaved-and-their-associates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tribal Dancer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caregivers deal with a lot of grief.  There&#8217;s the grief of knowing your loved one has a terrible illness, the grief of being unable to fix it and, eventually, the grief of loss.  This article is about how grief affects the bereaved and how it affects those close to but not directly involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caring for yourself</title>
		<link>http://alscaregiver.com/2008/07/caring-for-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tribal Dancer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest things for me to do, besides coming to terms with mom&#8217;s ALS in general, was to learn what I needed to do for myself.  Being a caregiver can be a wrenching experience but there are a few things you can think about that may help.
1.  You&#8217;re allowed to be ticked off [...]]]></description>
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