Compounding the Ordeal of ALS

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IT has been three years since my first symptoms suggested a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The pain and anguish of this illness are known to most physicians and are an inevitable accompaniment of the disease, but there are other unpleasant aspects that are avoidable. In this article I want to relate my personal story and to emphasize the extraordinary change that my illness brought about in my interrelations with fellow physicians.I turned 45 in January 1979. I was then director of endocrinology at the Vanderbilt Medical Center, and my research in the areas of metabolism and reproduction . . .

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