Donate To Help Curt Rogers Fight ALS!

I was recently diagnosed with ALS (aka Lou Gehrig's Disease). ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Essentially nerve cells break down and reduce the functionality of the muscles they support. Medication and therapy can slow ALS and reduce discomfort. There's no known cure at this time and life expectancy is only 3-5 years. Much of the therapy is not covered by insurance so it can be a very expensive disease. I'm not a rich man by any means and I don't want to leave Hayley with insurmountable medical bills. If you want to know what you can do to help us, we would really appreciate any contribution you can make.

I first started having symptoms back in March of 2023. They started out as muscle twitches. Then about September I noticed slurred speech and difficulty swallowing. My right hand became too weak to properly hold a fork or spoon. I also experienced cramping in weird muscles (abdomen, lats, pecs, biceps and hands). I noticed I could no longer lift as much at the gym and I could no longer even do a single pullup (I used to knock out 20+ with kipping). I underwent several brain MRIs, cervical MRIs, and bloodwork to rule out other things. Eventually I got a nerve conduction and EMG test which when combined with my symptoms solidified the diagnosis.

My mental outlook is good. I plan to spend as much time having as much fun as I can until the disease progresses. Everyone progresses at a different rate so I am hoping I'm a slow progresser and I have a good window of time to do some travelling, hopefully to Hawaii!