Wayne Holcomb and Joan Holcomb

Aug 10, 2024

At the time of my Mother’s diagnosis, we were told that there had been on only 3 other cases of married couples who both had been diagnosed with ALS. I lost my father, Wayne Holcomb in 2007 to ALS. I lost my mother, Joan Holcomb to ALS in 2018. We all lived on...

Madelyn Goldstein

Aug 10, 2024

It was hard watching him slowly lose the ability to speak and move. My Uncle Greg was diagnosed with ALS in the summer of 2021. It was hard watching him slowly lose the ability to speak and move. He fought very hard for two years until he passed away in August, 2023....

Kelly A Holcomb

Aug 10, 2024

I still am in a state of shock over, numb, lost without them. I am the daughter of Wayne and Joan Holcomb of Yadkinville, North Carolina. I lost both my parents to ALS. In 2007 my father passed away, in 2018 my mother lost her life too. We all lived on a farm in rural...

Whitford Wooten

Aug 10, 2024

7 years after my father, I was diagnosed with ALS at 31. In August of 2016 my dad was diagnosed with bulbar ALS. He lived 11 months. I quit my job and moved home to help my mom be one of his caretakers. He was 51 when he passed away. After a biking accident in 2021, I...

Brian Ashline

Aug 10, 2024

I have been a carpenter for 43 years and to not be able to use my hands is devastating. I was diagnosed with ALS in 2021 . It started in my left thumb then my index finger then the other 3. I lost muscle up to my left shoulder. This is when I started going to the...