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Saints cult hero/Pearl Jam Fan Steve Gleason battling ALS

TaftTaft Posts: 457
edited August 2012 in The Porch
Thoughts and Prayers with Steve Gleason, former NFL player, huge Pearl Jam fan. 34 years old and battling ALS. Ugh.

Today was a good day, he posted a photo of him and his newborn son with the tag line "...I am myself, like you somehow....": http://twitter.com/#!/team_gleason

Here is a good read about Gleason situation:

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/20 ... ero_s.html

PJ Excerpts:

The 14,000-mile trek ended in equally epic fashion at Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary show in East Troy, Wis., where Mike McCready invited him on stage to play tambourine during the encore.

The trip taxed the Gleasons physically and mentally. But both deemed it an overwhelming success.

"People ask all of the time, 'How does it feel?' " Gleason said. "I think about Pearl Jam. I know Mike (McCready). We kind of go back a little bit, but if I wasn't diagnosed with this, he probably wouldn't say, 'Hey come on stage.' Part of me was like, 'This is sweet.' And then another part of me is like, 'Well, that kind of sucked.' "
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  • bosshogg18bosshogg18 Tacoma, WA Posts: 1,100
    I went to school with him at Washington State. Not only an excellent football and baseball player, he was simply a great person. Not that I wish ALS upon anyone, but Steve is one of the last guys that deserves this.
  • PJArtistPJArtist New Orleans Posts: 542
    This was in our local paper yesterday

    http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/201 ... d_pro.html
    New Orleans 00/Seattle 02/New Orleans, Houston, Dallas 03/
    Kissimmee 04/Montreal 05/Chicago 06/Gorge 06/Leeds 06/London 07/Lollapalooza 07/EV Chicago 08/EV Santa Barbara 08/Bonnaroo 08/EV @ McCartney NY 09/EV Atlanta 09/Spectrum 09 (4 shows)/Jazz Fest '10/Voices for Justice (EV) 10/Columbus 10/Noblesville 10/EV Sydney, Melbourne 11/EV Philadelphia, Detroit 11/Alpine weekend/Toronto 11 (2 shows)/Made in America 2012/Deluna Fest 2012/Missoula 2012/Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Dallas, OKC, Portland, Spokane, Vancouver, Seattle 2013/Global Citizen/Florida 16/MSG 16/Wrigley 16
  • cpsilo1cpsilo1 Posts: 74
    Introduced myself to Gleason last night to tell him I was also at PJ20 and asked him how awesome it was to be on stage. He really seemed to light up when he spoke about the band. He said they sent him an autographed copy of the PJ20 book for his birthday, and he had nothing but great things to say bout Mike and the band.

    Just thought I'd pass this along.
  • joannawilsonjoannawilson Posts: 341
    Yay Steve!
  • mookieb10mookieb10 Posts: 930
    Terrible
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    I hate ALS. It's a terrible disease...props to Steve for helping to raise awareness.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
    www.cluthelee.com
    www.cluthe.com
  • joannawilsonjoannawilson Posts: 341
    Steve is still rockin' it hard, bless him!
    And I betcha Mikey would have still brought him up on stage anyway...he's a local hero! haha
  • Given2Fly-FishGiven2Fly-Fish Posts: 826
    I just watched the latest Real Sports on HBO tonight with Steve Gleason update. It's been almost a year and Steve went from being up on stage with the band to full time in a wheel-chair. I cannot think of a more horrible disease and it demonstrates how we need to live and enjoy each minute. I am lucky enough to have three children and watching this was really emotional (it really does put life into perspective).

    I donated to the cause and here is the website if you want more information or would like to make a donation.

    http://www.teamgleason.org/?merchant_re ... rset=UTF-8
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