Traveling with ALS? Kinda long
Don't really expect much response to this post since so few people (thankfully) have ALS but DH does so thought it worth an inquiry. We are most-timers now since our NJ home with stairs does not wo...
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Note stair lifts are not too expensive, we have had one for years. No need to forsake your stick house due to stairs IMHO.
Wife is very handicapped. I have been given two years at the outside until my cancer kills me. We are planning to see Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise, and then head east this year. We have an NRA contract where they will fly my son out so he can drive our RV, my wife, and our dog home if I die on the road.
We refuse to sit in sorrow in the corner and wait to die. Heck even healthy folk die on the road, so just go for it. The big advantage to an RV is you can stop nearly anywhere, stay a few extra days if needbe in a CG, and if you do not make reservations (we do not) you can travel as few miles per day as works for you.
Not sure age makes a difference, but I am 70.
Wife is very handicapped. I have been given two years at the outside until my cancer kills me. We are planning to see Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise, and then head east this year. We have an NRA contract where they will fly my son out so he can drive our RV, my wife, and our dog home if I die on the road.
We refuse to sit in sorrow in the corner and wait to die. Heck even healthy folk die on the road, so just go for it. The big advantage to an RV is you can stop nearly anywhere, stay a few extra days if needbe in a CG, and if you do not make reservations (we do not) you can travel as few miles per day as works for you.
Not sure age makes a difference, but I am 70.
