1. Goodbye Norway

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1. Goodbye Norway

• We have now reached the end of two terrific days,
  and we have had some very interesting speeches
  and a lot of good questions.
• In the breaks and especially in the evenings I
  have heard a lot of talking, a what is more
  important a lot of laughter.

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• 2. When I look back on the different speakers I
  cannot forget what
• Knut Julius Mosquil said several times
• Life is my choice.
• The alternative is just not my stile.
• He wants to live. Death is just not his stile.
• Knut. You are a man with stile, I am happy to
  know to you.

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Øystein Johnsen

• told us about what modern technology can do to
  help us totally paralyzed PALS.
• Life for a person with A L S only 20 years ago
  would not have the same life quality as it has
  today.

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4. Our Japanese friend Kuniaki Ozawa

• told us in a most charming maner about his
  product Kokori Gatari. If there a single
  ignorant and uneducated person who does not
  understand Japanese I can tell you, that it is
  the same as Mind Talk...

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5. Tove Vorren

• told us interesting about what Norwegian ALS team
  offers to people with A.L.S

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6. John Paulin from the Danish I T university in
Copenhagen is always interesting to listen to.I
think, he is one of the few people who knows what
we people with A.L.S want to hear.

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7. Gisle Dimmen

• was the last speaker on the first day and he told
  us more specific about how to communicate with
  Tobii. It was a good item after having heard
  about gazetalk and eyetracking

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8. Tuesday morning Jes Rabek

• from the Danish rehabilitation centre for
  muscular deseases was the first speaker and he
  told us about the work they do there

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9. Professor i neurology from Haugeland
University hospital Ole-Bjørn Tynes

• is working on an ALS clinic and he told us all
  about A L S from making diagnoses to stem cells.
  He was around many things and was very
  interesting listening to.

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• 10. Pieta Boogaerdt is a nurse and she told us in
  her very personal manner how to deal A L S
  patients - sorry. I mean persons with A L S of
  course.

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• 11. Ove Fondenes from Haugeland University
  hospital told us about respiratory support. Many
  of us know Ove from our first meeting in Denmark.
  It was a pleasure to se the popular doctor again.
  Ove told us among many other things of why we
  people with ALS have problems breathing properly.

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• 12. Pall Ingvarson from Iceland University
  Hospital talked about many things, but electrical
  stimulation of the lunges was what interested us
  People with ALS. Is that the solution on our
  respiratory problems. I hope it could be.

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• 13. Birger B. Jeppesens film was a good item in
  the communication part of the conference.

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• 14. Former chairman Gudjon Sigurdsson was
  supposed to make a happening with Evald Krog, But
  Evald had got the pneumonia so Gudjon made
  the happening all alone. Well done, my friend.
• You can always get a job with that trailer in my
  home town..

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• 15. Birgers caretaker Selina told us about her
  job as a caretaker.
• It is always interesting to her people talk from
  the heart about a job so personally as a
  caretakers job.

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• 16. Finally Webmaster Tommy Petersen told us
  about about ALS forum. Tommy loves his websites
  and please do send him articles to his websites.
  You can write about your impression of this
  congress.

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About next year.

• I know we have people from Sweden here..
• Are you ready to take over next year.
• Let me know here ad now or on mjjharhoff_at_mail.tel
  e.dk
• I need an answer within a week from now because I
  have to search money by nordisk Råd very soon.

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• Mette, Aase, Marianne and everybody in the
  beautiful staff, in your company life will never
  get boring.
• Thank you for two fantastic days. It has been a
  pleasure for us all to be here on this wonderful
  hotel.

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• I have only heard one complain, and it is from my
  helper. She means that the lunch break should be
  on at least 3 hours.
• She says, that it is impossible for her to try
  all the courses on the buffet in only one hour.

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At last I will say two things

• 1, Life do not need to be boring,
• Just because you have ALS
• 2. Do not cry over things you cannot do.
• Be happy for what you can do.

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I think Mosquils words shall be our motto

• Life is our choice.