Gleason Page #2

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live in a historic neighborhood.

Are you a New Orleanean?

It's a city that I love.

I'm very thankful for all that

has come to me through

this city.

Is it okay with you,

the fact that you're kind of

synonymous for one play?

You played nine years

in the NFL.

You were on the Saints team that

won the first-ever playoff game.

Look, if you gotta pick one

thing that you're gonna

be known for,

that is fine with me.

And before we go,

I wanted Steve to wear

his Number 37 jersey

for this segment.

But he won't put it on.

I wear my jersey on the field.

Those days are done.

So I've been having

some strange medical issues

going on with me recently.

I've been having some

muscle twitching in my arms.

Mostly my upper arms,

shoulders on both sides.

And some in my chest,

in my back,

a little bit in my upper legs.

I then also talked

to my naturopath,

and he seemed a little bit

concerned about it.

He spoke about these types

of symptoms on three levels.

It could be some type

of molecular problem,

or it could be some type

mechanical problem,

meaning my neck or my head

have some type of trauma.

I have a bulging disc

or a ruptured disc

or calcification

in my vertebrae

from all my football trauma.

Thirdly, it could be some

type of neurological disease,

a disease that he mentioned

as--

Obviously the worst-case

scenario would be ALS,

which is Lou Gehrig's disease.

I have been diagnosed with

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,

which is a disease

in the motor neurons.

And this disease is--

Is almost always fatal.

My first reaction was

kind of frustration or anger

at the doctor for saying it.

And I just was like,

there's no-- There's no way.

He's telling me this,

but I don't necessarily

believe what he's saying.

Although this is part

of the challenge,

like, yeah, I wanna beat ALS,

I want to win that part

of the game,

But for me, the biggest

part of the game is

beating all the other sh*t that

you and I have talked about is

karma from our parents

or relationships with family

or relationships with friends

or your own spirituality

and just peace in your heart.

But I just think

there's a bigger

battle there

about being able to say,

"Okay, I have been--

I have this diagnosis,

and it's not gonna--

It's not gonna crush my life,

even if it does crush,

you know, crush my body."

I think you look

really cute today.

I haven't smelled you,

but you look really cute.

STEVE:

I wish I could

zoom in on that.

Damn.

Is it hard not to tell?

I know it's a boy.

STEVE:
And I know it's a girl.

[CHUCKLES]

But I know more.

Yeah... right.

Before this,

we wanted a baby,

and after this,

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