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Layne Oliff

Layne Oliff

I may fall, but I get right back up! Plainfield, NJ and Lackawaxen, PA Diagnosed with PLS in 2017, changed to ALS in November 2020. Challenging perceptions every day to improve the management of people with ALS and assist in finding a cure for this awful disease. A...
Macey Hoaglund

Macey Hoaglund

I ran a marathon in late 2017 and wasn’t recovering well, slew of doctors later I was diagnosed with ALS in January of 2018. I ran a marathon in late 2017 and wasn’t recovering well, slew of doctors later I was diagnosed with ALS in January of 2018. A week later at a...

Jennifer Lewis

What I believed to be stress due to the pandemic, has been recently diagnosed as ALS. Because of the pandemic I went back to being a Pastry Chef, as opposed to teaching because the salary was not enough due to small enrollment in school during Covid. Returning to a 60...
Heidi Henson

Heidi Henson

I can’t say what is hardest about living with ALS, as it changes constantly and some days are better than others. I was diagnosed first in May, after 5 months of foot drop and declining mobility. Now, in October, I barely walk and that I do at all requires a...
Meliton Avalos

Meliton Avalos

Still surviving ALS one day at a time! Meliton Avalos was diagnosed with ALS in Oct 2011, first symptoms showed up in 2008. In 2017 he entered the hospital on Christmas eve we thought it was the beginning of the end..on Jan 3rd he was trached and had a feeding tube...