FACTS ABOUT AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
I’m sorry, Mr. Stuart. You have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.” The doctor then gave me the dismal prognosis: Soon I would no longer be able to move or speak, and the disease would eventually take my life. “How much time do I have?” I asked. “Probably three or five years, I replied. I was just 20 years old. Yet, despite the sad news, I could not help but feel blessed in many ways. WHAT IS ALS? ALS [amyotrophic lateral sclerosis] is a disease that progress rapidly and attacks the motor neurons [nerve cells] in the spinal cord and l...