- faeroe347
- Sex: M
- Data Quality: 3 stars
- ALS: 3 yrs
- Bi-Pap Wheelchair
- Bulbar: none
- Arms: severe
- Chest: mild
- Legs: severe
- faeroe347
- Male, 67 years
- Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu
- Primary Condition
- ALS
- First symptom
- May 2009
- Diagnosis
- Sep 2010
About faeroe347
Twenty years ago, I moved to Japan from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. My Japanese wife is bilingual and a retired Director of Nurses who last worked part time as an assistant in state rehabilitation services. We had a plan which has now reached a good stage: our condo remodeling for barrier-free life, is DONE. I've found it best, FOR MY OWN SAKE, as well as the sake of my family & friends, to try to be upbeat and cheerful - which is my normal temperament anyway. Friends call me an optimist. I like to think that I'm also a realist. Time will tell.
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UPDATED 6/02/11 - PHOTOS;
WE MOVED on 5/16/2011. We're still unpacking...
This photo shows the carpeted front hallway of our old place, viewed from the kitchen; in the foreground is a raised three-inch barrier. The doorway on the right has a three-inch drop!
This shot shows the front hallway in our new, remodeled place; it's WIDE and FLAT. And the hardwood floors throughout can stand up to a heavy power chair.
And THIS is what we're doing now: unpacking, sorting, throwing things away........
Family photos : in JAPAN.... my wife Chiyomi, with her Mom (R.I.P.)
In January, 2011, while being bathed at her nursing home, my wife's mother died. We held a Buddhist service for her. She was 92.
(below) In the U.S. : my brother with his son "Lee" (named after me! 
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.....and now Lee is three!
