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My cousin revealed my diagnosis to my grandfather.

Now everything's in chaos.

Was your diagnosis that you're a chaos wizard?

A year ago, I, 25 male, was diagnosed with limb onset ALS after a long struggle with experiencing foot drop and muscle weakness.

For a few months, I hid my diagnosis from everyone until progression of the disease forced me to come clean.

By the way, this comes from a live specialist,

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To be honest, I'm still coming to terms with this.

And each day has been a living heck as

I wake up not knowing what motor skills I'll lose next.

I have always been fiercely independent and the protector of the people I love, so it unalives

me knowing that everyone who loves me, my girlfriend especially, now has to bear the burden of my

illness. The one person I haven't told is my grandpa, who raised me and my brother until we were teens

because my parents were at work at the time. He's the one who cared for me the most, who has

literally watched me grow up. I have always promised to take care of and given the best of everything

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