Powerful read from former NFL star Ron Fellows' wife: My Husband Is Dying Every Day

[BleedGopher]

Ron Fellows' wife wrote about the daily struggle she and Ron have in dealing with Ron's early onset Alzheimer’s, which she says was brought on by years of playing football:

https://deadspin.com/my-husband-is-...tm_campaign=newsletter_axiossports&stream=top

Go Gophers!!

 

[Gophers_4life]

Interesting, same thing for former star Tim Green.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-green-als-emotional-60-minutes-interview-2019-08-25/

Tim Green keeps reinventing himself. A linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons, he spent eight years sacking quarterbacks in the NFL. In his spare time, he got a law degree and became an attorney. After he retired from football, he spent a decade covering the NFL as an analyst for Fox Sports, all the while writing books and becoming a best seller.

Today, Green is playing a new, unwanted role.

"I think it's the same as it was before," he told "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft. "Be the best husband, best dad, lawyer, writer, businessperson I can be. And also to tackle ALS."

Green was diagnosed with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, three years ago. The disease, which New York Yankee Lou Gehrig first gave a name and a face to almost 80 years ago, destroys the nerves that control voluntary muscle movement. Most ALS patients are given two to five years to live.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Interesting, same thing for former star Tim Green.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-green-als-emotional-60-minutes-interview-2019-08-25/

I watched this last Sunday. Very powerful.