THE JOURNEY BEGINS
- Guillermo Garcia
- Jan 2, 2025
- 1 min read
Welcome to my new endeavor! My name is Gill! As the title of this blog suggests, I am a veteran living with ALS. I am going on 10 years of experience with this terrible disease. Long time , huh? Anywho, I decided to pick up the virtual pen, again , and chronicle my life . This time , I am going to try something a little different . Rather than just drone away with the day to day of living and dealing with ALS, I will be sharing my thoughts on a variety of topics . After all , while I do live and breathe ( through a tube , to be exact), I still have interests in many things . So , I wrote a little blog about it . Wanna ' hear it ? Here we go...! I show my age , haha . Insert 90's sitcom reference . Follow me along as I open up the book of my life.
I was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2024 at 61. I felt like my life had been placed on a countdown. The weakness, slurred speech, and muscle loss progressed quickly. Rilutek (riluzole) and other medications given by my doctors did very little to help me. The medical team did even less. My decline was rapid and devastating. My arms weakened first, then my hands and legs. I was wheelchair-bound. My feet hurt horribly on the foot pedals. Around January of this year, a family friend told us about the LIMITLESS HERBS CENTER and their successful ALS/MND herbal treatment. We visited their website and ordered their ALS/MND Formula, and I am excited to report Within two months, I noticed more…