Probably the best known sufferer is Professor Stephen Hawking, who had MND for many years, but he had a very slow developing form of MND: most people survive only a year or two after diagnosis. MND has touched my life particularly through watching first my stepfather and then a young academic colleague die of it.
There is no cure, although in recent years research has yielded some promising leads and at least one drug that seems to slow the disease's progression. Further research funding is desperately needed. Check out the MND Association.
My son Richard writes about sport and music, primarily in the following places: Uncle Sam Sports (American football), Blood&Mud (rugby), Betfair (cricket) and Little Indie and R2 (music). Some years ago, he wrote The Memory Blog, which many people found amusing and even quite inspiring.
My son-in-law Andrew (known to all and sundry as Pat) also blogs, but since he's a software architect or some other synomym for computer geek, it's all Greek to most of us. (That's rich, coming from a statistician!)
I have recently revived a childhood interest in a construction system called Brickplayer. Everyone is familiar with Lego, which began life as mainly for constructing houses and other buildings. The idea of Brickplayer is to build such things using real miniature bricks and mortar. The result is much more realistic than a Lego building, as well as being more demanding to build. I have acquired quite a lot of old Brickplayer bricks, windows, doors, etc, and I've completed a couple of substantial building projects. Maybe I'll put some pictures on this site one day!
Finally, do you love folk music? My old friend Ian Robb is a leading light in Canadian folk-song circles.
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