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- I have a motor neuron disease called Primary Lateral Sclerosis or PLS for short.
- Are you okay?
- I'm tired of giving the same answer every time. But basically it is a mutation in a gene called ALS2
- I'm sorry to hear. What causes it exactly?
- It just bothers me how this disease affects men more often than women! It feels unfair.
- No need to get upset, okay? I was just asking!
- Every day, people come up and ask Jimmy about his condition. His response becomes more automatic as more people ask.
- I take muscle relaxants such as baclofen, tizanidine, and the benzodiazepines to reduce spasticity. But there's no cure
- Is there any treatment or anything?
- Jimmy gets offended every time he is asked these questions, but the waiter continues to bother him. He keeps explaining how PLS is a rare neuromuscular disease that progressively weakens voluntary muscle movement.
- Check out the ALS Association! It focuses on finding cures related to my disease and other similar diseases.
- I'm sorry. Where can I get more information?
- Jimmy still feels offended. He has been living with this condition almost his entire life, while most people with PLS do not show symptoms until they are 40-60 years old.
- Would you be down to grab coffee some other day?
- Sorry... I have a boyfriend...
- Jimmy starts to tear up. He thinks back to the time when he was first diagnosed and prescribed these pills. The diagnosis was long. The doctors had to extensively test to exclude other diseases in order to not misdiagnose.
- The waiter's kindness makes feel Jimmy feel better about his disorder. Simultaneously, Jimmy's confidence skyrockets.
- Jimmy's confidence leads to him asking the waiter out. Unfortunately, the waiter is not feeling him, so she rejects him. The end.
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