One Man’s Diagnosis Spurs Movement To Cure ALS In ‘For Love And Life: No Ordinary Campaign’ – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

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One Man’s Diagnosis Spurs Movement To Cure ALS In ‘For Love And Life: No Ordinary Campaign’ – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted

Brian Wallach was in his mid-30s, a highly successful lawyer and veteran of the Obama White House when his life took a sudden and dramatic turn. He visited a doctor for a persistent cough and mentioned he had also been experiencing muscle tremors and weakness in one hand. Soon he came away with a devastating diagnosis: the neurodegenerative disorder ALS. He was given six months to live. But he and his wife Sandra refused to accept his fate pas…