re: RIP Eric Dane

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it really is...i'm amazed that it's been 15 years since steve gleason was diagnosed...

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Man, one thing I and our family learned in dealing with it with my Pops was just how incredibly varied the disease, particularly its progression, is. We were part of a support group with quite a few people, their disease was all different in symptoms, how those symptoms actually presented, how the disease progressed, and especially how quickly it progressed for some. Some people last years with slow progression, others like, like my dad, are taken quickly.

I truly believe that years down the line, as we gain more and better understanding, ALS will be split into subtypes, each defined progression.

ETA: I just realized I made three consecutive posts in this thread. Ah well, something hit me when I read the OP, and it brought back a lot.

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I truly believe that years down the line, as we gain more and better understanding, ALS will be split into subtypes, each defined progression.

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sorry about your father...i think you might be correct about the subtypes, for ALS, as well as some other illnesses as well...

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He went down really quickly

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A former roommate of mine is married to a guy who has had ALS for 10+ years and is nonverbal and bedridden/immobile. He has to be 10 years older than Eric Dane.

I think I would choose dying quickly if I had a choice.

My wife of 33 years and truly the most wonderful person I have ever met was diagnosed with ALS in January.

We are currently on vacation and will keep going on vacation long as she is able. She loves to travel and that’s what we are going to do. I hate that I get to watch this happen to the woman I love, but I’m glad I can have the privilege of taking care of her through all of this.

Just watched Brilliant Minds, Season 2, Episode 9, where Eric Dane plays a firefighter with ALS. The story had to be exactly what he was going through.

Originally aired in November 2025. Hard to believe he is dead 3 months later.

One of my sister's friends is in the end stage of it. Terrible to see. She's a beautiful woman in her early 40s and recently had a feeding tube put in. If God forbid something like that happened to me I hope I could face it with the same bravery and attitude as her but I aint that strong.

My grandfather had Parkinson's and was bedridden. He died when I was 5.5.

Fast forward to the 2000s and my mother developed shaky hands and she was DXd with Parkinson's but it never got bad enough to slow her down.

i assume it's hereditary and need to watch for symptoms as I navigate senior citizenship.

With all the advances we have seen in science and tech, you would think we would have some kind of treatment for these terrible conditions. Maybe not a cure but a way to slow or stop the process.

Another thing we found after my dad got the diagnosis is just how many people are impacted by it. So many people seem to know someone who had it, yet I only recall personally knowing of one before my dad was diagnosed. I don't know if it is one of those things you miss in life until impacts you personally, or you just pay more attention, or what. I've even wondered if we may be seeing a big increase in people who are being diagnosed for some reason? Are more people getting it, or are we better at diagnosing it? I don't know.