Fund-raiser planned for Trenton woman

Friends of Chanta Vrbas Brown of rural Trenton plan fund raisers to help her in a battle against Lou Gehrig's disease.

[Michele]

This article is absolutely horrible. If you're going to bother publishing an article, even if it is one designed to try and help someone- how about doing ONE second of research. You are not talking about a disease which has any hope what so ever!!!
There is NO such thing as a drug to put Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) into remission. Printing that statement alone should be considered fraud as 30,000 American's are dying of this fatal disease and currently there is no hope at all. It paralyzes your entire body, including swallowing and breathing so you die choking to death unless you have the financial means to live on a ventilator which can cost $200,000 a year. Did I mention, the mind stays sharp?
It is brief and brutal and the person knows every last thing going on around them. If you want to help- than help this poor girl by explaining just how horrendous this is!!!

[afriend]

Michele, odds are one of her doctors already informed her of her bleak prognosis. I don't know how reiterating this to her could possibly help her. Since she is seeking treatment at the Mayo Clinic, which is renowned for performing clinical trials on experimental drugs, perhaps she is a candidate for participation in a trial for an experimental drug which shows promise in putting ALS into remission. Best Wishes to Chanta and her family.