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60 year old male, US ARMY Veteran. I was diagnosed with ALS in 2019. Onset of symptoms occurring in 2008. Symptoms started with muscle fade in my hands and cramps in my calves.

I can still walk although it is laborious. My fine motor skills have diminished and there has been some changes to my speech (becoming slower as I get tired)

I do not let ALS define who I am. I am still active in my Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the DVA,American Legion and my community at large.

I ask that no one feel sorry for me, I have done everything I have ever wanted to do (except going into space)

I am not dying from ALS, I am living with it.