Summary:
Discusses the book "Tuesdays with Morrie." Provides a story summary. Details the five stages of death and dying.
When someone is told that they are dying or going to die, they go through some or all of the five stages of death and dying. These five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. People do not necessarily go through the stages in any particular order, and it is possible to fall in and out of stages.
In the book "Tuesdays with Morrie" one of the main characters, Morrie, is diagnosed with ALS or better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a disease that slowly disables your ability to control your muscles, causing you to essentially become trapped in your body. When the disease reaches your lungs, they will stop working and you will suffocate to death. There are no cures but there are medicines that slow down the process.
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