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re: RIP Eric Dane
Posted on 2/19/26 at 11:35 pm to OweO
Posted on 2/19/26 at 11:35 pm to OweO
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My mom is at the end stages of ALS and it is a terrible thing to watch. Seriously, its inhumane that we allow people to go through the end stage of this disease.
I'm so sorry, OweO. It is an experience that works on your soul. I watched my Pops go from a healthy man who was always doing something, could never sit down to being pretty much bedridden, only able to use his arms (some how his grip never weakened, he could still put a painful handshake on you). Unable to talk, eat, do anything for himself. I tell people — not knowing if they fully understand — that the disease taking him so quickly (right around a year from diagnosis to his passing) was a blessing in a way.
I hope and pray for peace for you, your mother, and your family. It is a hopeless struggle that just wears you down. Hang in there.
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Posted on 2/19/26 at 11:42 pm to pussywillows
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it really is...i'm amazed that it's been 15 years since steve gleason was diagnosed...
Man, one thing I and our family learned in dealing with it with my Pops was just how incredibly varied the disease, particularly its progression, is. We were part of a support group with quite a few people, their disease was all different in symptoms, how those symptoms actually presented, how the disease progressed, and especially how quickly it progressed for some. Some people last years with slow progression, others like, like my dad, are taken quickly.
I truly believe that years down the line, as we gain more and better understanding, ALS will be split into subtypes, each defined progression.
ETA: I just realized I made three consecutive posts in this thread. Ah well, something hit me when I read the OP, and it brought back a lot.
This post was edited on 2/19/26 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 2/19/26 at 11:43 pm to ImJustaBoy
He went downhill really quickly.
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 12:07 am to LegendInMyMind
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I truly believe that years down the line, as we gain more and better understanding, ALS will be split into subtypes, each defined progression.
sorry about your father...i think you might be correct about the subtypes, for ALS, as well as some other illnesses as well...
Posted on 2/20/26 at 12:29 am to ImJustaBoy
I've been following his story the last year or so but I didn't expect to kill him so quickly.
Where is Neuralink with this? I haven't heard much about them in awhile. Isn't this something they've been working on curing?
Where is Neuralink with this? I haven't heard much about them in awhile. Isn't this something they've been working on curing?
Posted on 2/20/26 at 1:11 am to shutterspeed
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He went down really quickly
A former roommate of mine is married to a guy who has had ALS for 10+ years and is nonverbal and bedridden/immobile. He has to be 10 years older than Eric Dane.
I think I would choose dying quickly if I had a choice.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:51 am to ImJustaBoy
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Cal Jacobs on HBOs Euphoria.
He did “full frontal nudity” in the first episode of Euphoria. Where you see his out of focus hard peen as he slips a condom on to frick a transgender Jules. Because it is out of focus, they could have used a stunt double penis or prosthetic as a poster clarified.
That is your Mr. Skin report on Eric Dane.
This post was edited on 2/20/26 at 3:12 am
Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:51 am to OweO
My wife of 33 years and truly the most wonderful person I have ever met was diagnosed with ALS in January.
We are currently on vacation and will keep going on vacation long as she is able. She loves to travel and that’s what we are going to do. I hate that I get to watch this happen to the woman I love, but I’m glad I can have the privilege of taking care of her through all of this.
We are currently on vacation and will keep going on vacation long as she is able. She loves to travel and that’s what we are going to do. I hate that I get to watch this happen to the woman I love, but I’m glad I can have the privilege of taking care of her through all of this.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 3:01 am to Tarps99
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full frontal nudity
It was a prosthetic--a stand in so to speak
Posted on 2/20/26 at 4:30 am to ImJustaBoy
Just watched Brilliant Minds, Season 2, Episode 9, where Eric Dane plays a firefighter with ALS. The story had to be exactly what he was going through.
Originally aired in November 2025. Hard to believe he is dead 3 months later.
Originally aired in November 2025. Hard to believe he is dead 3 months later.
This post was edited on 2/20/26 at 8:10 am
Posted on 2/20/26 at 4:49 am to ImJustaBoy
One of my sister's friends is in the end stage of it. Terrible to see. She's a beautiful woman in her early 40s and recently had a feeding tube put in. If God forbid something like that happened to me I hope I could face it with the same bravery and attitude as her but I aint that strong.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 5:06 am to duckblind56
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ALS and Alzheimer's can KMHA. Have watched friends and family suffer from both and it is so heartbreaking to watch them suffer.
Add Parkinson's especially at Stage 5 which my mother is at. Her mind is fine, but she has been bedridden since October, can't walk, and is pretty much trapped in her own body. It sucks tremendously for her. She's told me a few times over the last year she wished she would die. Although I'd hate to see my last living parent die I agreed. She's not really living.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 6:21 am to msudawg1200
My grandfather had Parkinson's and was bedridden. He died when I was 5.5.
Fast forward to the 2000s and my mother developed shaky hands and she was DXd with Parkinson's but it never got bad enough to slow her down.
i assume it's hereditary and need to watch for symptoms as I navigate senior citizenship.
Fast forward to the 2000s and my mother developed shaky hands and she was DXd with Parkinson's but it never got bad enough to slow her down.
i assume it's hereditary and need to watch for symptoms as I navigate senior citizenship.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:14 am to OweO
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I don't know where he lived or what the laws are, but I wonder if it was assisted suicide? That would be the best way to go.
My mom actually said, when she could still talk, she wish should could take a pill, go to sleep and just never wake up.
Get a PO box in one of California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, or the District of Columbia.
If that is something your mother really desires.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:18 am to ImJustaBoy
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:22 am to ImJustaBoy
My colleague’s wife passed away from ALS. Was diagnosed in June, lost the ability to speak by August and was gone by December. 2 young kids. Horrible to see.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:29 am to ImJustaBoy
With all the advances we have seen in science and tech, you would think we would have some kind of treatment for these terrible conditions. Maybe not a cure but a way to slow or stop the process.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:32 am to OweO
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My mom is at the end stages of ALS and it is a terrible thing to watch. Seriously, its inhumane that we allow people to go through the end stage of this disease.
God bless your mom, ALS is a living hell...
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:30 am to jscrims
Another thing we found after my dad got the diagnosis is just how many people are impacted by it. So many people seem to know someone who had it, yet I only recall personally knowing of one before my dad was diagnosed. I don't know if it is one of those things you miss in life until impacts you personally, or you just pay more attention, or what. I've even wondered if we may be seeing a big increase in people who are being diagnosed for some reason? Are more people getting it, or are we better at diagnosing it? I don't know.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:34 am to pussywillows
quote:My aunt noticed that her left foot was kind of dragging one day. She was dead from it six months later. It's a bitch of a disease.
dang, less than 2 years from diagnosis to death...that's terrible...
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