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ALS- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/MND aged 20-49
Michael - Interview 29  

Michael - Interview 29

Age at Interview: 40
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 39
Background: Michael is a business manager (motor sales), married with 2 children, aged 11 and 9. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Brief outline:Michael was diagnosed less than a year ago in 2006 after noticing weakness in his right arm. His arm weakness remains his main symptom, and it has got worse. Currently he is on sick leave from work.

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Coming to terms with the loss of a future is one of the hardest things, especially not seeing his children into adulthood.

 



You're invincible, aren't you? You'll go on for ever. And that really is one of the hardest parts of it. Little things you know you'll never do or you'll never see. It's not about regrets. It's really about coming to terms with the future you won't have. And that's hard. We have a great present, in spite of the things that aren't right with me. But it's knowing that ultimately there isn't much of a future. We won't claim our pension together. I won't be there to celebrate my son's first job or give my daughter away.
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