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After announcing his immediate retirement from the NRL after being diagnosed with MND, Jai Arrow does the Big Freeze coin toss.
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Right to the end, Marc Girod was determined to live positively.
Two years ago Marc was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in his early 40s. Yet even as it took hold, Marc called himself a “happy puppy”… because, he said, “rational thinking should make you use your time and energy on elements you have control over, and therefore you can change”.
For Marc, that meant living life on his terms, in the full knowledge of what an MND diagnosis would mean. For the past few months, Marc used social media both to chart the horrible progression of his disease, but also his determination to enjoy life while he could – and to leave a legacy.
For more than a year Marc had been fundraising and driving awareness for Neuroscience Research Australia, where he had been receiving care. Generating tens of thousands of dollars so far for research, Marc hoped that sufferers of neurodegenerative diseases in the future can look forward to a more positive diagnosis.
As his extraordinary column by Marc reveals – and published posthumously in The Guardian – his last few weeks became increasingly grim. And yet his determination to enjoy the company of his friends went on until the hours before Marc passed away on April 20.
“I’ve had a great life with a lot of people who love me,” he writes, “I’ve been really lucky.”
An In Memoriam page has been created for Marc, to raise life-changing funds for Neuroscience Research Australia.
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