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Dear friends, my good friend John Williams - son of Robert and Mabel
Williams - needs support. Please help if you can and do spread the
word.<br>
claude<br>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",
sans-serif;">Hello everyone. I am sending
this message today because my brother John
Chalmers Williams (son of Robert & Mabel
Williams) was recently diagnosed with having
ALS or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS
is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease and it
is a progressive neurodegenerative disease
that affects nerve cells in the brain and
the spinal cord. <br>
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Motor neurons reach from the brain to the
spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the
muscles throughout the body. The progressive
degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS
eventually leads to their demise. When the
motor neurons die, the ability of the brain
to initiate and control muscle movement is
lost. With voluntary muscle action
progressively affected, people may lose the
ability to speak, eat, move and breathe. The
motor nerves that are affected when you have
ALS are the motor neurons that provide
voluntary movements and muscle control.
Examples of voluntary movements are making
the effort to reach for a smart phone or
step off a curb. These actions are
controlled by the muscles in the arms and
legs.<br>
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There are two different types of ALS,
sporadic and familial. Sporadic which is the
most common form of the disease in the U.S.,
is 90 – 95 percent of all cases. It may
affect anyone, anywhere. Familial ALS (FALS)
accounts for 5 to 10 percent of all cases in
the U.S. Familial ALS means the disease is
inherited. In those families, there is a 50%
chance each offspring will inherit the gene
mutation and may develop the disease. French
neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot discovered
the disease in 1869.<br>
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While John's health insurance will cover
traditional medical approaches that deal
with ALS (none of these are geared towards a
cure) they do not cover non-traditional or
experimental approaches (such as various
stem cell based treatments). So in an
effort to help raise funds to participate in
those experimental treatments and cures,
which cost many tens of thousands of
dollars, the family and friends of John and
his wife Lisa have setup two major fund
raising initiatives. <br>
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The first initiative is a go fund me page
which can be accessed using the following
link:<br>
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</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="https://www.gofundme.com/jwilliamslovegives"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",
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sans-serif;"><br>
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The second initiative is a tribute and
dinner on May 7th from 4pm to 6pm and a
panel discussion from 6pm to 8pm at the
Charles Wright Museum of African American
History at 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit
Michigan 48201 (313) 494-5800. The fund
raising dinner will have a $50 cost. Please
visit </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://brotherjohnwilliams.weebly.com/"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",
sans-serif;">http://brotherjohnwilliams.weebly.com/</span></a><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",
sans-serif;"> to purchase tickets and get
general information.<br>
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Any help that you can provide will be
greatly appreciated!!!<br>
<br>
You can contact me at Frank Williams at </span><a
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ymailto="mailto:fhwdaman@hotmail.com"
target="_blank"
href="mailto:fhwdaman@hotmail.com"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",
sans-serif;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fhwdaman@hotmail.com">fhwdaman@hotmail.com</a></span></a><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",
sans-serif;"> (734) 751-9275, or Doreatha
Ewald </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:pdmewald@wowway.com"
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style="font-family:"Calibri",
sans-serif;">pdmewald@wowway.com</span></a><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",
sans-serif;"> (586) 778-3617 if you have any
questions.</span></div>
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