Good morning Facebook friends long time no see, I would like to take this opportunity to post about ALS. So initially when I told my brother I was gonna post about ALS,
he asked me who's Al and why are you posting about him. I said no you silly Goose (yes I actually said silly Goose.) ALS ( amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease is a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord . ALS causes loss of muscle control. The disease gets worse over time. In 2017 I started to have random health challenges such as reduced range of motion in my upper body and loss of grip strength, which could have been many other things so following several appointments with various specialists my primary care Doctor recommended I go to a neurologist and that's when I learned I won the rare disease lottery I had ALS. So I received my diagnosis in 2020. Karen and I have been battling this disease ever since. So, from the time of diagnosis we decided that we were going to fight this , and that we were not going to take this lying down (until we have to lay down) and then we will fight on our backs ! The reason why I'm posting this is I pride myself on often handling things on my own, but I realized that some fights are bigger than you and you can't do it alone. So I am reaching out to my friends to help me punch ALS in the mouth, kick it in the groin, gouge it in the eye, pull it's hair or do whatever it takes to win. I realize this sounds like fighting dirty , but, this is a dirty disease.
 This disease takes husbands from wives, wives from husbands, sisters from brothers, brothers from sisters, kids from parents, and so on. It's a fight we need to win. So, I am again asking for your help. We are walking to raise awareness and money for research on September 27th at the yard goats stadium. I would love for you to join us, and of course anything you can donate is appreciated.