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catbyte

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12. So sorry to hear this.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:14 PM

15 hrs ago

I lost my dad to ALS and it's one of the cruelest diseases out there. At least with diseases like cancer there's hope. You don't always win, but with ALS that diagnosis is always a death sentence.

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Eric Dane, "Grey's Anatomy" and" Euphoria "Star, Dead at 53 Nearly 1 Year After Announcing ALS Diagnosis [View all] question everything 17 hrs ago OP

He was one of my favorites on Grey's Anatomy. May he RIP. skylucy 17 hrs ago #1

Another brutal disease. RIP, Eric. nt babylonsister 16 hrs ago #2

How did he go so fast while Stephen Hawking lived 50 years with ALS? PeaceWave 16 hrs ago #3

cali has assisted suicide. so? mopinko 16 hrs ago #6

I considered that possibility. No shame in it, considering the diagnosis. PeaceWave 16 hrs ago #9

that's def 1 wd that wd lead me to it. mopinko 16 hrs ago #10

Hawking had a slow progressing form of the disease. milestogo 16 hrs ago #8

like parkinson's, some cases are worse i guess. i thought this was fast too. pansypoo53219 8 hrs ago #15

I knew a woman who died of ALS in her 50s. greatauntoftriplets 16 hrs ago #4

"The Last Ship" was a series about dystopian world Ilsa 16 hrs ago #5

So sad to hear this. milestogo 16 hrs ago #7

:( mzmolly 16 hrs ago #11

So sorry to hear this. catbyte 15 hrs ago #12

How difficult it must have been to helplessly follow the progression of the disease question everything 15 hrs ago #13

McSteamy...so cruel for a talent like that LittleGirl 14 hrs ago #14