Bears great McMichael diagnosed with ALS
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Bout 1/1000 get it. Guy I was best man for - a poor selection on his part - died of it at 53. Took 2.5 years from first symptoms. It is ugly.
One of my best friends died from it about 7 years ago. He lasted about a year and a half. I would never wish that on anyone.
I've seen ALS literature in past & that's what it said at that time (20 years ago). You have an about 50 years timeframe of getting it, ages 20-70. So if Google's was per year vs. lifetime, then lifetime would be 2 x 50/100,000 = 1/1000. But don't know what Google meant.
It’d be getting time to walk out in front of a semi before long for me
Good friends mom had it. Can’t imagine much worse. Very sad.
My friend handled it incredibly well. I'd go see him a couple of times a week, and a few days before he passed, he still had his sense of humor. I'd have probably ate the end of my shotgun if I still had enough body control to do it.
Check out the video Flair put on Twitter and comments about his friend.
Had an uncle pass away from it. Just an absolute brutal and cruel disease. He was a mighty fine uncle to me, and it really bothered me to see him go through it.
Guy my age at my church had it years ago. He was diagnosed in his mid-30s. He passed away in his mid-30s.
The worst part about it is the person is still completely aware of everything that is going on. So you are essentially a prisoner in your own body. Clearly not making light of other diseases as my brother passed away from a 14yr battle with cancer at 43, but up until the last couple of years, he was at least able, although in some cases labored (because of treatments and surgeries), to get around and really up until the last month-and-a-half before he was put in hospice, communicate.
Within 6 months of his diagnosis, you could barely understand him when he talked. A few months after that, he became bed-ridden until he passed away. I think it was about a 2-3 year ordeal.
Terrible is an understatement when describing ALS.
The worst part about it is the person is still completely aware of everything that is going on. So you are essentially a prisoner in your own body. Clearly not making light of other diseases as my brother passed away from a 14yr battle with cancer at 43, but up until the last couple of years, he was at least able, although in some cases labored (because of treatments and surgeries), to get around and really up until the last month-and-a-half before he was put in hospice, communicate.
Within 6 months of his diagnosis, you could barely understand him when he talked. A few months after that, he became bed-ridden until he passed away. I think it was about a 2-3 year ordeal.
Terrible is an understatement when describing ALS.