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On May 9th, 2014, ALS took the life of my grandma, Nancy May, or as we would call her “Granny.” ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a horrible disease that slowly killed her through the nervous system by weakening muscles and affecting her physical function. In the month of March, 2012 she found out she was diagnosed with ALS, which happened to be one of the worst days ever for me. Even though she was battling with a disease she knew she would not win, she still managed to care for us. A…

Introduction: Imagine yourself not being able to achieve simple tasks let alone see, walk or speak. You’re in such excruciating pain you don’t want to live anymore. You think that your life isn't worth it because you aren't getting any enjoyment or pleasure living and you think Euthanasia is the answer to your problems. Euthanasia is the practice of assisted suicide, in order to relieve pain or suffering. Euthanasia has been a controversial topic due to its apparent infringement of a person’s…

Have you ever pictured how your life would end? For a poor elderly man, it was very time consuming and extremely sad. “Tuesdays with Morrie” is about a guy named Morrie that had ALS disease; which is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, it slowly paralyzes you until you reach your last heartbeat. Morrie accepted ALS but sees the stronger side of his disease that slowly kills your body. "I'm on the last great journey" (Albom 33). Morrie knows he's going to die but yet he sees the bright side of the…

Lou Gehrig’s disease is also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, this eventually leads to death. The patients lose the ability for the brain to control muscle movement. Since most motor neurons are lost, the patients may eventually become completely paralyzed. Motor neurons can no longer send signals or impulses to the muscle fiber resulting in no muscle…

An exhausted man named Mitch Albom received insight about life from an old college professor dying of ALS. In Tuesdays With Morrie, a poor old man named Morrie Schwartz is trying to teach the world to learn how to accept death in order to live life to the fullest. Morrie teaches Mitch how to abandon his old selfish ways and learn to live, love, and accept the thought of death. Throughout the book one topic never wavered: love. No matter what people do, no matter what they stand for, the one…

Spiritual Journey The Spiritual Journey is one that varies from person to person and with no need to be religious to follow this journey. In Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie’s focus appears to be on learning how to live in the time he has left. Morrie decided the day he learned he would die, that he was not embarrassed to die and would make the most of his days left. This is seen when Morrie says, “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live" (Albom, p. 82). Morrie wanted to remind people to…

The unpredictable nature of the Universe can leave us feeling helpless, confused, anxious and even afraid of what is to come. Often, we wish for guidance on what to do to live a truly satisfying and meaningful life, while also avoiding the many pitfalls of life. Mitch Albom’s memoir Tuesdays With Morrie chronicles the author’s time with his Sociology Professor Morrie Schwartz sixteen years after graduation. Morrie is slowly dying of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and wishes to impart with…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is an idiopathic neurodegenerative disease that may result in death within two to three years of onset. It is a motor neuron disease that rapidly attacks and deteriorates the somatic neurons. Since it is idiopathic, science and medicine do not know much about it and have only been able to speculate at any sort of cause. Presently, there is no cure for ALS, and treatment options are severely limited. Also, there is no test for ALS, and it is only diagnosed when…

the man who walked the earth around the early to mid 1900’s. The real “Iron Man” is truly named Lou Gehrig and is the real hero. Lou Gehrig was born in a enormous town named New York City. Lou was one of four children and the only one who survived through infancy and the struggles his family went through in his early life. At the age of 11 he was able to swim across the Hudson River (Encyclopedia). Lou was an astonishing athlete as a young boy and continued to grow from there. The Gehrig family…

new fad has surfaced named “The Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS,” with the intent to raise awareness of the disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as "Lou Gehrig 's Disease." The Ice Bucket Challenge has indeed gained a vast amount of popularity across the world but is it actually making a difference for those with the Lou Gehrig’s…