GARTH'S JOURNEY WITH GOD THROUGH ALS

Health Update I had an appointment with the ALS clinic this week. They say that my lung capacity has dropped from 16% in November to 7%...

Health Update My hands and arms are getting a lot weaker. I need someone to help me move my hand to the control module of my electric...

Well, it's been three months since my last post. A lot has happened in those days! Good family times but also deterioration in my...

It’s been almost six months since my last post. I can’t type these days on a computer (but I can still slowly type on my Ipad) so my...

It has been over 3 months since my last post. Not that nothing has happened, but it is getting hard to get things done. My lovely wife,...

Summer / Health Update Summer has flown by so fast! I've been able to enjoy a lot of backyard time and am so appreciative of the visits...

Well, it's been one year since I received the ALS diagnosis on May 27, 2021. Today I am celebrating that: I am alive; my spirits are...

I apologize for not having updated my blog since January 9th! I know that many of you are concerned that I haven't been well enough to...

Despite the gloom and doom of the ALS diagnosis, there have been a lot of good things to celebrate in my life in the last six weeks since...

Here's a picture of an historic milestone marker in Ireland! I was just reading a list of the most important milestones in a person's...

Wow! I can't believe it's been 9 weeks since my last post about my ALS journey. I had originally thought I'd be able to write every...

I've been watching a lot of the Olympic games over the past week. It's amazing to see the physical strength that can be developed in an...

Here's a picture of me waterskiing with the Canadian flag on my back on July 1, 2020. With the loss of muscle over the past year,...

It's been four weeks since I received the news that I have ALS. When you have ALS, your brain stops speaking to the nerves that control...