Dear Al, thank you again for deleting my posts several months ago re my sister. It was a good thing because now that her diagnosis has been confirmed (second opinion by the B.C. ALS Clinic) she does want to be on this site. I got to know several people - Marta, Ken, Aly and others and they have all become her friends now that she is coming to terms with the diagnosis. My question is this - is there some way for PALS and CALS to have the same friends but keep their correspondence separate? Right now, whatever I write my friends, my sister can see. And whomever she befriends and writes, I can see. Is there a way on this site for complete confidentiality unless otherwise wanted? Hope you are doing well and once again, thank you very much for your empathy and understanding when I first joined your group.