Lou Gehrig

On the second Tuesday, Morrie begins with a lesson on “Feeling Sorry for Yourself.” Mitch enters the familiar study where class will soon start, Albom starts with an appeals to the mournful emotions of his audience when he describes his professors’ deteriorating physical appearance. Mitch advances into the study and sits amongst Morrie, Morrie launches his lecture with the importance of self pity. “I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for…

Today’s society raises concerns about death. Death is a common topic of speculation that is frightening individuals for various reasons. The unexpected expectations from aging, the anxious and dread feelings to not accomplish certain things in life seem to be cause for concerns to fear the end. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom sheds light on this issue as we follow along his story with his former teacher, Morrie Schwartz, diagnosed with ALS, a terminal illness. Through their short time…

Sclerosis (ALS) otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. She passed away at age 64 and ended up being diagnosed 2 and a half years prior. Hammack’s disease got to the point of hospice in her own home and put on a medical respirator to help her breath. Many of her symptoms included: twitching or cramping muscles, slurred speech or trouble projecting her voice, loss of motor skills in hands and arms, tripping and falling, dropping objects, and impaired use of limbs. Lou Gehrig’s Disease is…

In the novel “ Tuesday’s with Morrie” by Mitch Albom. Morries Tuesday lessons revolved around a theme of acceptance of death.As we watch the beloved professor slowly deteriorate from ALS,he still taught valuable lessons that can be kept for a lifetime. When Morrie was diagnosed with ALS, he did not want people to have sympathy for him because he accepted that this was meant to be. As we saw Morrie’s degression with ALS, Mitch saw how death is apart of life and how there is nothing is…

Lou Gehrig’s Disease and the Body An average of about 30,000 people from the United States have Lou Gehrig’s disease, and 5,000 are diagnosed every year (Aebischer. Kato,. 2007). Although this disease is not diagnosed as often as something like cancer, it is still a tragic illness that slowly kills its victim. Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that attacks nerve cells (Aebischer. 2007). These nerve cells connect to the brain and spinal…

can be devastating to the patient, family members, friends, and everyone they come in contact with. Three of the most well-known progressive diseases are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurological disease that causes nerves to decompose and cause disability. The beginning signs of ALS are often muscle twitching or slurred speech, and it eventually affects to ability to move, speak, eat, and breathe. Most…

Many people have heard of, or participated in, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge but many people fail to realize what ALS is. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a motor neuron disease that causes degeneration of neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is not a single disease, but a clinical diagnosis for many different pathophysiologic diseases that share a common factor of progressive loss of motor neurons and break down of the motor neuron system. ALS is known by…

Life As An All-Star Yogi Berra was one of the best baseball Hall of Fame catchers of all time. I am going to tell you how great of a husband, father, and baseball player he really was during his 90 years of living in St. Louis Missouri with his wife, Carmen Berra and their three children, Dale, Tim, and Larry. Yogi Berra was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1925. One of the quotes that he came up with was, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” The sayings and quotes that Yogi Berra came up with are…

The Incident Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. This disease causes the brain to lose control of muscle movement and eventually leads to paralysis and death ("What Is ALS?," n.d.). College baseball player Pete Frates, who was diagnosed with ALS in March of 2012, came up with a way of spreading awareness of the disease (Gallo 2014). The challenge…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better yet known as A.L.S is a rare, worldwide disease. This neurodegenerative disease can affect any one. Although terminal, it is possible for one to still yet appreciate the rest of their days in life. Dudley Clendinen expresses this in his article "The Good Short Life". Reporter and Editor, Clendinen published this article July of 2011. Like all his other work, it was placed in "The New York Times." Dudley Clendinen lived his last years with A.L.S. The tone of…