{"id":1617609,"date":"2024-05-30T14:59:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1617609"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:59:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:59:26","slug":"womeninspiringwomen-brooke-eby-als-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/womeninspiringwomen-brooke-eby-als-advocate\/","title":{"rendered":"#WomenInspiringWomen: Brooke Eby, ALS Advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease or motor neuron disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. People diagnosed with ALS will lose the ability to walk, talk, eat, swallow and eventually, they will no longer be able to breathe on their own. According to the ALS Society of Canada<\/a>, approximately 80 per cent of people with ALS die within two to five years of being diagnosed. Approximately 2,500-3,000 Canadians have the disease.<\/p>\n

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This all sounds depressing, doesn’t it? Enter Brooke Eby who received her ALS diagnosis in March 2022 at 33-years of age. I stumbled across her Instagram profile more than six months ago, and was hooked on her dating stories, get ready with me style videos and her layman’s explanation of what life is like living with the disease. The now 35-year old is bubbly, beautiful and hilarious, but her ALS journey has been anything but. It took four years from her first symptoms to her diagnosis. ALS is difficult to diagnose and many other conditions have to be ruled out.<\/p>\n

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