Marion Freijsen » ALS http://marionfreijsen.com A blog about Sports, Fitness & Health Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:02:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 From racing bike to wheelchair… http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/09/from-racing-bike-to-wheelchair/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-racing-bike-to-wheelchair http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/09/from-racing-bike-to-wheelchair/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:38:05 +0000 Marion http://marionfreijsen.com/?p=446 This time I am posting a blog that was written by my spinning buddy Eelco. I wrote about Eelco a few months ago, just after he had been diagnosed with ALS, a condition that atrophies the muscles in your body over the course of usually a few years, till you finally die as you can no longer even take your next breath. A death sentence in other words.

I have followed with admiration how Eelco is not just dealing with his own illness, but how he has started a ... Read More

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But occasionally I have to veer to another topic and look at the other side of health, fitness and feeling great – one of my sporting buddies, the fittest guy of the troop on the bike – just got diagnosed with ALS. ALS ... Read More

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