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I'm Brian. At 37 I was diagnosed with ALS. Told I should get ready to die.

Then I met Pete, Pat, Sandy, Cory, Sarah, O.J., Steve, Ady and thousands of others told the same thing.

And a funny thing happened: we decided not to listen. We decided to fight.
Then another funny thing happened, you and thousands of others decided to join us.

Tomorrow we take to Times Square to push for #curesforall.

Make no mistake: tomorrow is not the end of our fight. Instead, it is a huge step forward towards realizing the day when...
A doctor tells a 37 year old you have ALS, Parkinson's, MS, Huntington's, but don't worry, we can treat it.

Life as it is today is not how life must be forever. Here's to changing the world.

iamals.org/curesforall
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Brian Wallach
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I joined a gym today. Normally that is not news. But when a guy 2.5 years into his fight against ALS joins a gym because he sees true hope for our fight in 2020 and because he wants a front row seat to that revolution, that—that is worth a tweet.
Update: You know that feeling you get when you realize the world is full of amazing, inspiring people and you can’t stop smiling/hoping you get the chance to thank each in-person? Yeah, I got that right now from my head to my toes. #LifeReallyIsBeautiful
Update 2: a guy in this shirt 👇 just walked on a treadmill for 40 minutes and did a multi-exercise arm circuit. He walks with a bit of a limp and a cain. He is smiling and singing. Be careful not to get to close as he may spontaneously high five or hug you...
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Brian Wallach
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In January MGH launches a new trial designed to test 5 ALS treatments at once at 53 sites. That is not a typo.

To help them finish what @PeteFrates3 started and honor his life, we are bringing back the Ice Bucket Challenge because we can't rest (even under docs orders).
At least not until we can say the words, "ALS: You gone."

So right after the Times Square takeover, @D_Carnival and I went to the fitness center on the 23rd floor of the Times Square Marriott with 1 goal: to announce to the world that this is our time to end this fight.
And to record this 👇

Today as I recover from the ER I have so much hope that we will win this fight. And that I will be here to see that day.

To turn that hope into reality we are asking for all donations raised through IBC2 to go to expediting the MGH trial.
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Brian Wallach
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Eighteen years ago yesterday I walked out of an exam to find one of my favorite teachers waiting for me. His normally smiling face looked solemn. As I approached where he stood he motioned to me and took me aside. My friends stopped to wait for me, also unsure what was happening.
He started to speak, paused and began to cry. When he regained his composure he said, “There is no good way to tell you this, Brian, but I have the terrible burden of telling you that your father passed away this morning.”
Eighteen years later typing those words still makes me cry. I think back on the naïveté that I carried into the exam with me that morning. That 21 year old has gone through a lot of life since then and though he was not here with me my dad has guided every step of the way.
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