Discover Russ Newton ALS Ride of a Lifetime

This is me in the recovery room. This is the recovery room. And this is now how I access the tube. Much better in my mind. Almost flush...

I am going in for "minor surgery" again in hopes of replacing this dangling 16 inches of tube from my stomach tube with something...

For those of you who have visited me in San Antonio, I probably dragged you out to the 2M Smokehouse for Beef ribs. The best I have ever...

Seems to be a popular item so here are some more. This was her mother, a female collie mix that came and lived in our parking lot at...

Foods I can still eat are narrowing but I am discovering several things I can still get down. Chinese food is one example. Most dishes...

Well ALS has really got its hooks into me now. Last night I had a dream about it. My dream started with me in bed with my ex-wife Sue. I...

As you might imagine it, I have had the opportunity to think hard about this subject since I was diagnosed with a 100% fatal illness....

"I don't need the vaccine," they said while enjoying life without polio, tetanus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rubella, measles, whooping...

So promised in this earlier post I would finish the story later. Not one of my proudest moments either I am ashamed to say. I have...

I think enough time has passed and the raw feelings I had over her untimely passing have faded enough to talk about some of the good...

I hope you can appreciate why I desire a button access vs. this dangling 16 inches of tube hanging out of my body. And please note, I am...

The good news is I made an 856 mile trip by car from just outside of Nashville, Tennessee to my home in San Antonio. Did it in one shot,...

So I told you all that we were heading for Brownsville, TX. But we decided to skip it and ended up in Galveston, TX. On the water, at a...

Made my way back to Big Bend with my son this time. Still an amazing place. If you have not been, put it on your bucket list please. It...

So here it is. Getting the stomach tube was described to me a "minor surgery" Indeed, it was an out patient (meaning I drove to the...

visiting me this Friday. My last hurrah with him will be an epic road trip (following Covid restrictions of course). Our first stop will...