Michael Juhl

Aug 10, 2024

It began with a silly misstep and fall. Then another, followed by twitches and then the terrible diagnosis. It began with a silly misstep and fall. Then another, followed by twitches and then the terrible diagnosis. August 19, 2019 will forever be remembered as a...

Len Harris

Aug 10, 2024

Life is still fun but that’s only because we choose to make it that way. I met the love of my life in 2015. I finally asked her to marry me in 2018. We were married on my late mother’s birthday in October of 2019. Life was great with the exception of some unexplained...

Carolyn Atwood

Aug 10, 2024

I saw a local neurologist and had a complete exam and he said he thought I had bulbar onset ALS. My symptoms began in April 2020. I had fallen backwards in February and hit the back of my head very hard. March 3rd I had a total knee replacement. In April I began...

Kate Frost Fink

Aug 10, 2024

I have seen ALS take members of my family away from C9orf72 related ALS/FTD. I refuse to let the disease take who I am away. I was diagnosed with ALS in Oct. 2019 and am living with it. I’m in my late 40’s blessed with a husband, two daughters, a son in law and...

Juan Reyes

Aug 10, 2024

So should I wallow in self pity? Heck no! I’m a Dad, I’m Pops, until I take my last breath. “Let me walk you through it.” This phrase has taken on a new meaning for me as a father. You see, I can no longer walk due to ALS. As the father of 4, I would say...