The Argentine journalist and writer Martín Caparrós reveals that he has suffered from ALS for two and a half years

The Argentine journalist and writer Martin Caparros has revealed in an interview that he suffers ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) for two and a half years. He explained that until now he had not wanted to make it public so that his friends would not see him as “dying.”

On the occasion of his announcement, his partner, Marta Nebot, addressed some emotional words to him in a column published in ‘Público’ to express her admiration. Nebot defines Caparrós as a “tireless fighter” and details how they have had to change their daily lives due to the difficulties of ALS: “What hurts me the most is not ALS, but thinking about what is to come,” he expressed.

Caparrós, in his interview in the newspaper ‘La Vanguardia’, alleged that he did not say anything to his inner circle, only to his partner, that he suffered from ALS because it is a “deceptive” word, but that in his memoirs he explains the process by which he suffered. past. «Many diseases that we call with these names, we do not actually know how they differ from each other.. It’s like accelerated aging, but scientists don’t even understand how that biological process works,” he said.

Marta Nebot has opened her heart in the newspaper ‘Público’ stating that a few months ago they became a de facto couple because they are and because «We don’t want any doctor to separate us at crucial moments. for not being registered in a registry”: “My little boy and I have been together for ten years without any paper forcing us and we would have liked to continue like this until the end. Registered or not, our plan remains the same: love each other as we know how,” said the journalist.

Since then, messages of support have not stopped coming to the couple from their friends and family who have praised Caparrós’ fortitude and courage in facing Caparrós’ illness. Because as Neboth said in his letter, the time for admiration and guilt has passed.