Former Panthers Draft Pick Tim Shaw Diagnosed with ALS

[Mr. Scot]

Man, the timing on this... :(

 

(right after the Panthers did their 'ice bucket' videos)

[Rise of The Hive]

Prayers for him, news like this just ruins your night.

[SIGCHI222]

Good chance that one of the Huddlers you "know" on this website gets this in their lifetime.

I am not popular enough in any social circle to be challenged but I donated 8/16/14 my $100 because I couldn't take what all of this meant anymore without doing something.  Plus, Bob Waters has a special place in my heart.

Even $5 is better than nothing.

I don't challenge anyone to do anything as I have no idea what any of you are going through financially but, it won't kill you to drop a 5 spot.

Sad days all around us.  Thank God for the Panthers and the Huddle to take our minds off of it for a little while.

[panthers55]

I doubt being an athlete has anything to do with ALS except those cases are more publicized because they are a known athlete.  As to whether concussions are involved in causing ALS, there could be a tangential relationship.  ALS is caused by the brain being unable to repair damaged nerve cells that tell the muscles what to do.  So if you had multiple traumas and the brain did not repair the damage, you might see the signs earlier.  But what causes the protein system to fail to repair the nerve cell is still unclear. And a lot of the  nerve damage comes from cells aging, free radicals, etc.

Here is an article which I found interesting.

 

http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20110822/common-cause-of-lou-gehrigs-disease-found

[heelinfine]

Prayers to Shaw and family.

News like this makes me take a step back and count my blessings, and feel guilty for complaining about my minor ailments.

[CatMan72]

Prayers for him, terrible disease.

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[boo7382]

Sad to hear.

Most ALS victims only suffer physically from the disease.

My favorite uncle, Tim, was one of the few that the disease stole his mind.. The last year if his life he was mentaly

an 8 year old, although he remembered being a much smarter man. He was often angry as you could imagine.

Such a terrible disease.

I miss my uncle Tim.

Prayers to Shaw and hus family.

 

I miss my uncle Harlan too. We lost him 3 years ago.  Coolest guy Ive ever known. Went to see Marshall Tucker Band and the Doobies here in Charlotte with him while we still could. Was a huge Giants/Cuse fan and had developed an affinity for Cam as we had just drafted him.

 

Still can't talk about that without crying.

 

My organization (I work for a huge corporation) is sending around these emails with videos of our C level execs dumping ice on their heads and laughing.

 

Yes, its funny and let's jam up our entire email server with these videos, but myself and a few people have already emailed back asking if we plan on doing some sort of donation or matching donation for employees. Have not yet received anything back.

 

That was one of the hardest things I have ever had to deal with and go through. Seeing someone you love go from a normal person and watch the process of their body deteriorating day by day is absolutely terrible. Everything was fine inside, he knew what was going on, but eventually had no movement from the head down. He was using a type to speak app on his Ipad. eventually, he was bed ridden until his last days where we were all around him as he left us. I can't imagine how frustrating and angering it must be to lose control of every part of your body and know exactly what's happening on the inside.

 

Words can't explain how happy I am to see that $13 million has been raised as of the other day.

 

But, next time you see someone doing the challenge, please ask them to donate as well. Its all fun and games, but those of us affected know how important research and funding for finding a cure to this terrible thing is, and we really are getting closer.

 

See below- just released on August 6th, this is what your donations are supporting!!

 

 

 

Progress against ALS Harvard researchers identify a promising treatment Studies begun by Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists eight years ago have led to a report published today that may be amount to a major step in developing treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

 

The study, published today in Science Translational Medicine, suggests that compounds already in clinical trials for other purposes may be promising candidate therapeutics for ALS.  The Harvard authors found that genetically intervening in the pathway that these drugs act on increased survival time of an ALS animal model by 5 to10 percent. While that is a long way from curing the universally fatal neurodegenerative disease, “any ALS patient would be excited about this extended life span,” said Eggan, who pioneered the disease-in-a-dish concept.

[FattyFatFat]

God bless everyone with these terrible diseases. So many shitty ways to die, ALS has got to be one of the most debilitating.

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[ACobra289]

ALS is such a terrible disease. At least with cancer you can have a fighting chance. I'm sure some of you will disagree, but I think most of billions of dollars spent on HIV research should have been spent on cancer, ALS and other diseases.

 

I'm ashamed to admit I haven't donated to ALS in a few years. Time to get out the checkbook.

[frash.exe]

People on facebook are all like, "yea this Ice bucket challenge is helping look how much money we raised 16 million". Well that's all well and good, but it just goes to show how horribly underfunded ALS research is in the first place.

http://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx

[FuFuLamePoo]

Man how devastating. I got chill bumps when I heard. Keep pounding brotha