tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477340016457488840.post8654082784189436860..comments2023-03-24T10:16:25.888-04:00Comments on ALS Spread the Word: Today Is A Good Day To Talk About ALS CaregiversALS Grumpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03197310566321587027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477340016457488840.post-11308732338882733572010-08-13T13:40:56.407-04:002010-08-13T13:40:56.407-04:00I am an ALS widower. I was sole caregiver, sole b...I am an ALS widower. I was sole caregiver, sole breadwinner and father of our four children through almost the entire term of my wife's illness. I have had a couple of meltdowns in the last eight months since she died. ALS is a brutal disease and exacts a physical and mental toll on everyone caring for an ALS patient. The disease takes and takes and when it has taken the life of your loved one it leaves wreckage behind that isn't easily put aside. Many families are financially ruined by the experience. Young children are often left behind as the disease strikes many adults in their 30's and 40's.<br />I used to be the most mild mannered guy you would ever want to know. Now, I have no patience for petty people, "authority" figures or anyone else with an inflated ego. Watching someone slowly killed by ALS gives one a somewhat different perspective on life.Dick Millethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426568292683212270noreply@blogger.com