@drjoe_md: ALS isn’t one disease with one timeline. The same diagnosis can mean months for one person and decades for another. The difference comes down to where it starts, how fast it moves, and when breathing is affected. This is why two people like Eric Dane and Stephen Hawking can have the same diagnosis but completely different outcomes. Medicine is rarely as simple as the headline.
Former NFL player Steve Gleason been living with ALS for 15 years
2026-02-23 01:50:13
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Christina :
It’s because Stephen hawking was evil.
2026-02-24 16:24:30
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Amal Abdullahi :
I am still stuck on how on earth Stephen Hawking was able to cheat on his wife in that condition? Mennn😂😂😂
2026-02-23 06:08:47
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Cassie :
Could also be that maybe Eric didn’t want to be on a ventilator or peg tube for feeding and chose comfort measures over it all
2026-02-23 01:46:41
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Jezzy🇦🇺 :
Is Stephen Hawking the longest living survivor of ALS?
2026-02-23 07:46:05
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Lorene :
He said he was dismissed by doctors for years. That’s the REAL issue
2026-02-23 19:34:18
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OoOhHaleYeah :
While Eric may have been able to live longer. I doubt that Eric Dane wanted to live like Stephen Hawking and have his family see him like that.
2026-02-23 16:05:02
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itsk.4yy :
Eric Dane went too soon ☹️
2026-02-24 20:00:23
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Cinthia :
I have a feeling that Eric Dane took the honorable chance of ending the pain sooner. Her had a plan for when his speech was gone
2026-02-23 16:23:44
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Lamont :
Who’s here because of Chris Johnson? 💔
2026-06-29 16:09:13
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user5333178758230 :
My brother has had ALS for 7 years. He can still eat and speak 🙏
2026-02-23 01:45:27
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Page_Plant :
Hawkins was surviving but not living. Longevity does not equal success.
2026-02-24 03:21:18
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makewayforchucklings :
I do not agree with this assessment. My husband was diagnosed with ALS at 38 years old and died 14 months later at 39 years. He was “young” and it progressed fast. He also had limbs affected first and then went straight to respiratory muscles.
2026-02-23 15:18:42
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Alexis Monroe :
Eric stated that he did not want to live if he could not communicate with his daughters. He lost his abilty to communicate the week of his passing. I believe he chose to go.
2026-02-24 16:22:41
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Beach9009 :
I think Eric Dane may have decided to die with dignity on his own terms. this is just my opinion. if he in fact did, I would completely understand. it would be something I would want to do if I had ALS.
2026-02-24 21:49:43
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bkwo :
my mom passed from ALS. it started in her speech/lungs. she survived cancer 3 times then got ALS. it was a horrible way to go.
2026-02-23 07:01:45
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randomDEELITE :
4. it depends on how much you want machinery to keep you alive or if you just wanna go.
2026-02-23 19:17:42
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8_of_cats :
My uncle has Bulbar ALS - he was gone in three years. He lost speech first and it was agonizing to watch.
2026-02-23 12:24:19
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KathrynRene(MJ fan) :
Rumor is Eric chose MAID
2026-02-23 15:57:01
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Brooke ✞ :
Jesus saves 🙏
2026-02-23 13:32:50
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Juvedax :
ALS took my dad so quickly that he wasn’t even officially diagnosed with it till after he died.
2026-02-24 10:41:38
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Ch3rryBl0ss0m01 :
Eric Dane would have been miserable if he got any worse. It was a mercy for him
2026-02-23 21:14:13
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ALS WARRIORS :
My daughter is 24 and has been fighting ALS for 3 years. I am her primary caregiver, she is bed bound and completely dependent. Last Monday I was also diagnosed with ALS. We carry the SOD1 mutation.
2026-02-23 19:01:49
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Big Poppa🐻 :
Idk I don't trust Stephen Hawkins
2026-02-23 15:48:05
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user93562011317 :
One was in Epstein files 😬
2026-02-24 21:20:48
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