The topics Anne Marie Schlekeway has broached in her young blog, KissMyALS.com, go way beyond where mere mortals would even dare tread.
Her Nov. 22 entry is about pooping: "To speed the process while on the pot -- lift both arms over your head. I don't know why this works but it does every time!"
Her Nov. 4 post examines one of the early signs of her ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease: "Trouble breathing in the missionary position during sex: what I thought was me getting fat was really weakened muscles in the diaphragm."
I don't have to tell you that Schlekeway, 43, is no shrinking violet. But what you wouldn't know from the above posts is that this Gold Coast resident used to be a buttoned-down executive, logging 14-hour workdays, traveling the world and swilling diet Coke to help keep her bearings.
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