•You hadn’t been feeling quite right so you went to the doctor to find out what was wrong. •After a thorough exam and visits to various specialists, you were told that you have a terminal illness and you have only a limited amount of time left on this earth. •Once the letters “ALS” spilled out of the doctor’s mouth, you hardly heard anything else he said, except he couldn’t tell you if you had a few months or a few years to live. •However, you’ve read enough to know that this is a death sentence - there is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). |