Happy Holidays!!! The new one is our only dog now, my husbands best friend. The other dog was mine who we had to give up a yr ago when we had to downsize to a smaller place because of job loss. We took him back to SPCA where we got him 3 yrs previous, and they found him a new home. We got a new home too about 2 months ago. No more 1 br apt with 2 teenagers!!! We saw nero at VA for first time last week, and we didnt have time to go into everything. VA doesnt have much for back pain, so will discuss it with neuro at ALS clinic next month, then we see VA neuro in Feb. We have both medicare and VA, so hopefully we can find something to help. The morphine isnt helping much, and Les feels that his back pain will cripple him before the ALS. We also just started on Rilutek. Hugs Lori