Journeys With ALS

David Feigenbaum, ed.

ISBN 10: 1880731584 / ISBN 13: 9781880731581

Published by D L R C Pr, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Journeys With ALS
• Publisher: D L R C Pr
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1880731584
• ISBN 13: 9781880731581
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The deadly neuromuscular disease ALS strikes adults of all ages from all walks of life. Some are well known -- actor David Niven, soap star Michael Zaslow, Sen. Jacob Javits, physicist Stephen Hawking -- and their stories have been told and retold.

This book is about the rest of us. People like Marcie Gibson, diagnosed at age 23 while pursuing her dream to become a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader; Fred Kanzler, a retired engineer; Garland Neill, a long-haul truck driver; John Cahalan, a lawyer and a lover of the outdoors.

It's about housewives, small-business owners and professionals, government workers, educators, and even a young guitarist named Kyle Hahn who, with his girlfriend Terry Frank, has taken ALS activism to a new level with their Banner of Faces campaign.

All have one thing in common: diagnosis ALS.

When someone receives the terrible news, the first reaction is: What am I in for? How will I be able to cope? What are others doing? Often, addressing these concerns is not an area where doctors excel.

Living in the shadow of ALS (textbook prognosis: three to five years) is a harsh journey down a road they didn't expect to take. In this book you will find 33 of these first-person journeys. Some are hopeful, some sad. A few are angry. All are powerful, real-life examples of people doing their best to cope, often with humor and high spirits.

About the Author

This is a compilation of 33 stories and, equally as many authors.