ALS Lou Gehrig's Disease 6 Articles

by Fern Cohen

How ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease Changed My Life Everybody always asks the same questions: First, they want to know how I got it. Then they want to know what can cure it. And the hardest question of all: "When did you fir...read more

by Lisa Kingsbury

My husband, Jim, was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in July of 2007. We are still working through our shock of this terrifying diagnosis. ALS, often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease," is a progressi...read more

by Jeanna Hudson

Lou Gherigs disease does not only affect the patients it destroys. This devastating disease affects the family and friends of the patient as well. I was just 14 when my Dad was diagnosed. My mother looked at me and told me...read more

by Monica Hardy

I can still remember the resonating sound of those fateful words: "They said I have Lou Gehrig's disease. They ruled out everything else." That day led to an emotional breakdown for me. My first love from high school, m...read more

by Heeren Gordhan

What is ALS? Our society today is ravaged with various diseases that rage on with no cure. These diseases include AIDS, the various types of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and Lou Gehrig's disease ALS...read more

by Norma Hill

My Dad. The Oak Tree of our family. A family with a wife and four daughters. He'd only been retired a couple of years and was enjoying the woodworking shop he had turned the garage into. Dad fell. What? Dad doesn't "fall"...read more