Help if you Can
Ok the founder of this forum Aftermath (Lee) and a very good friend is very ill at the moment he has "ALS" (read below) and things are not good, what I am asking is if any of the members that come here could in any way help with a donation big or small it would be greatly appreciated to help Lee through this very hard time in his life, any money raised will go towards items that he will need to get through this, his friends are holding a fundraiser in January to try and help as much as they can, so I thought maybe we could do something here every little bit helps.
If you can help could you use the donate button at the bottom of forum thanks.
:You will see this when you use the donate button: (Donate to BadBoys to help with Hosting costs) Please do not worry it is not going to any cost for this forum that is my solemn promise it was just the easiest way to set this up as quick as we could you will see Lee's email addy when you click Donate, if you have any queries please pm me and ask any question I will try and answer them the best I can
I don't normally ask for help never have for this forum, but this is important its a mate's life and the more I can do to improve the quality of Lee's life then this is it.
Hope you can help and thanks for reading this
Regards Kenny
What is ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no or negative. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment–"No muscle nourishment." When a muscle has no nourishment, it "atrophies" or wastes away. "Lateral" identifies the areas in a person's spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it leads to scarring or hardening ("sclerosis") in the region.
As motor neurons degenerate, they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that normally result in muscle movement. Early symptoms of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing. When muscles no longer receive the messages from the motor neurons that they require to function, the muscles begin to atrophy (become smaller). Limbs begin to look "thinner" as muscle tissue atrophies.
Last edited by Gismo; 19-11-2008 at 08:14 AM.
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