Tag Archives: caregivers of veterans with ALS

There are thousands of faces of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS. They say as much as 20,000 at any given time; about 4,500 are veterans. This is one of them. He has ALS, and he is a veteran.* The mornings are slow moving. His hands are still though they are not paralyzed yet. They are difficult […]

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Colorful. Interesting. Outgoing. Cheerful. Sociable. Kind. Considerate. Fun loving. Laughs easily. Chally is all of these and more. Though he has ALS, ALS does not have him. He says ‘don’t sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff!”   Meeting Chally in person for the first time went something like this:   Zipping down the […]

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