MY NAME IS PAM RUCKER AND I AM 49 YEARS OLD. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS IN MAY 2005. I HAD GOTTEN REMARRIED AND LANDED MY DREAM JOB OF BEING AN IV THERAPY COORDINATOR FOR A HOME HEALTH FACILITY THREE MONTHS BEFORE RECEIVING THE HEART STOPPING NEWS. GOD AND MY PRECIOUS TWO DAUGHTERS HAD ALSO BLESSED ME WITH THREE ADORABLE GRANDCHILDREN RANGING IN AGES FROM TWO MONTHS TO TWO YEARS OLD. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE FEAR THAT ACCOMPANIES THOSE THREE LETTERS, ALS, BUT GOD HAS BEEN WITH ME ALWAYS. HE IS MY ROCK.