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Eric Dane is prepared to spell to utmost measures to combat ALS.
"I volition alert to Germany and devour the caput disconnected a rattlesnake if [doctors] told maine that that would help," the 52-year-old "Grey's Anatomy" alum told Diane Sawyer during a sit-down interrogation connected "Good Morning America." "I'll presume the risk."
During the interview, which aired Tuesday, Dane opened up astir the debilitating illness and explained however he's recovered anticipation successful the doc who has been starring his care.
'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR ERIC DANE HAS ONE FUNCTIONING ARM AS ALS PROGRESSES
Eric Dane archetypal announced his ALS diagnosis successful April. (Getty Images)
"I'm precise hopeful... I don't deliberation this is the extremity of my story," helium said. "And whether it is oregon it isn't, I'm gonna transportation that thought with me.
"That's what I got from [Dr. Merit Cudkowicz] erstwhile I met her... determination was a consciousness of anticipation I didn't get from different doctors that I met with," Dane said of his doctor, a neurologist and starring ALS researcher.
Dane said that helium had spoken antecedently with an enactment that told him his doctors would beryllium "there to... show my diminution — and that's not precise helpful."
Dane said he's consenting to spell to "extreme measures" erstwhile it comes to warring ALS. (Bob D'Amico/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
Dr. Cudkowicz said the hazard factors down the illness tin see thing from biology concerns similar plastics and bacteria successful lakes to sports injuries.
"We interest astir caput trauma due to the fact that we bash spot ALS much communal successful radical successful definite sports similar shot oregon soccer. We interest astir pesticides arsenic well. Being successful the subject is simply a hazard factor," she said. "Those are the ones we cognize about, but there's galore much we don't cognize about.
"There's radical each implicit the satellite moving connected this," she said, referring to ALS research. "Between artificial intelligence and different imaging technology, that's what gets maine excited, and that's each coming successful the next, I think, 1 to 2 years, if not faster."
Dane, who revealed his diagnosis successful April, said successful different conception of the interrogation that aired Monday that helium archetypal started experiencing weakness successful his close manus earlier seeking aesculapian attention.
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The "Grey's Anatomy" alum revealed helium has mislaid relation successful his close arm. (Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)
"I didn’t truly deliberation thing of it astatine the time," helium told Sawyer. "I thought possibly I’d been texting excessively overmuch and my manus was fatigued. A fewer weeks later, I noticed it’d gotten a small worse. I went and saw a manus specialist, who sent maine to different manus specialist. I went and saw a neurologist, and the neurologist sent maine to different neurologist and said, ‘This is mode supra my wage grade.’
"I person 1 functioning arm," helium said. "My near broadside is functioning. My close broadside has wholly stopped working. [My near arm] is going. I consciousness similar possibly a couple, a fewer much months, and I won’t person my near manus either. It's sobering."
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He said that for now, helium is capable to walk, but added, "I'm disquieted astir my legs."
Dane admitted that helium volition "never forget" the infinitesimal helium was diagnosed.
Despite the devastating diagnosis, Dane said helium inactive remains hopeful successful his fight. (Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic for HBO)
"I volition ne'er hide those 3 letters, [ALS]. It’s connected maine the 2nd I aftermath up," helium said. "It’s not a dream."
The actor, who shares 2 daughters, Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, with woman Rebecca Gayheart, said helium began noticing much of the effects of his illness a fewer months agone during a boating travel with his daughter.
After jumping into the water, Dane — a erstwhile competitory swimmer — rapidly realized helium was not capable to swim.
Eric Dane and woman Rebecca Gayheart stock 2 daughters. (Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
"[Georgia] dragged maine backmost to the boat," said Dane, who recalled instantly breaking down successful tears erstwhile connected the boat. "I was just, I was, like, heartbroken."
Dane besides told Sawyer that helium is "angry" astir the diagnosis, explaining, "I'm aggravated due to the fact that my begetter was taken from maine erstwhile I was young, and present there's a precise bully accidental that I'm going to beryllium taken from my girls portion they're precise young."
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"I mean, I really, astatine the extremity of the day, just, each I privation to bash is walk clip with my household and enactment a small spot if I can," helium added.
Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this post.
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