Updates From David

Two years ago was the last time anyone heard my voice coming out of my own mouth, and it’s been even longer - another 6 months, in fact -...

Due technical laziness there will be no post this week. I am always in need of topics, so please feel free to drop a suggestion. Have a...

There are many reasons a person gets ALS, but the disease puts us all into two groups: Bulbar (Upper Motor Neuron Disease) which starts...

Slowly, ALS continues to eat the nerves away. Unable to fulfill its unsatiable hunger, the disease reaches higher and higher, leaving me...

As I sit here every day watching the muscles melt away from my body, all I can see is destruction of all the work I did throughout my...

The other day I was working on a project and was asked to provide a verification letter from a medical professional verifying I had ALS....

The year was December 1998 and Laura and I were driving from Killeen, TX to San Jose, CA with our four kids, a cat, and six suitcases. We...

Before I joined the Army, I only got a haircut a couple of times a year... maybe. To be honest, I couldn’t tell you specifically where I...

“I’m sorry can you repeat that.” “Please speak louder.” “Please raise the volume.” These were all comments I used often during the day...

It was the cool start of a beautiful fall day as the ALS Organization staff and volunteers prepared for the 1,000 + participants soon to...

Have you ever noticed that when you are looking for something specific, it always seems to be as hard as finding a DeLorean? However,...

Let me start with this... Welcome to Post # 💯! I have been thinking about writing a celebratory post for the last month. I'd even...

Do you remember the song “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes?” 🎶 Songs like that one helped us learn how to brush our teeth, comb our...

"Do it for your children,” Laura said when I asked her who would want to read my blog. It was August 2022 and I was sitting in the...

I love having pets, and over the years, I have had lots of them. There have been many family pets, but the first pets that were my...