[Magdalen] RIP Steven Hawking

[James Handsfield]

That’s known as primary lateral sclerosis (PLS).  Same disease, different location in the CNS, but still ALS.  That’s the variety of ALS that Marcy had.

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Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net

> On Mar 14, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> There is supposedly another kind of ALS, a "long-acting" kind, which
> doesn't cause respiratory difficulties until the very end.