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Name

andy tompkins

Nickname

andy-tompkins

Year of Birth

1958

Gender

Male

Location

syracuse, new york

Relationship

Caregiver

Short Bio

my absolutely wonderful wife, having just retired from a long and storied career as a music teacher and theater director, came down with ALS the same year she retired.  She it was limb onset, but affected her breathing very quickly.  She passed away 9 months after diagnosis from respiratory failure.  My first wife, some many years ago, passed away from respiratory failure after her breast cancer spread to her lungs.

Respiratory failure is a relatively peaceful death, from what I have seen.  Still, I am in great pain for all I have been through.

 

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