It is with great sadness that I share that my amazing wife, Angie Seitz, passed away on June 9, 2023.

Angie was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in February 2020. About 5,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with ALS each year, and there is NO cure for this fatal disease. Most people live only 2 to 5 years after diagnosis.

With no known cause or cure, ALS challenges the human spirit and tests the courage of everyone touched by this devastating disease. ALS affects more than nerve cells and muscles, it affects families, friends, co-workers, and communities.

Angie and I felt lucky to be surrounded by love and the support of our kids, family, and friends. We were grateful to have good insurance and access to several ALS centers of excellence in the Bay Area. We set up this fund to fundraise for the thousands of people affected by this terrible disease who do not have all the benefits we had.

I am thankful that there are many research institutions and companies working on therapies to slow down and/or cure ALS. Thanks to NIH (government) and private funding, including the ALS Network, formerly ALS Golden West, much has been done in the past 10 years to advance understanding of the mechanisms that cause ALS. However, most of the drugs in development are still in the research or clinical trial stages, and not yet moving to FDA approval. This means most people with ALS today will die before a drug is approved, as did Angie.

We need funding to accelerate research. We need faster clinical trials and FDA approvals for ALS and all terminal diagnoses. The ALS Network also provides invaluable advocacy and support for families and individuals affected by this disease.

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