hi there - i just wanted to chime in on the message you sent to trfogey...if you look at my recent thread, entitled "desperate not to be scared anymore", you'll see that he sent two VERY mean message to me as well. I don't know if being mean, insultating, and downright hurtful is his M.O., or if he's just mad at the world for the bad hand he's been dealt, but try not to let it bother you. I was bothered by it at first too, but really, there's no point. If people don't want those of us who are scared and worried to be posting questions, they shouldn't have a whole section called "do I have ALS?".
I don't for a minute pretend to understand what these people have gone through, and never said I did, infact I said quite the opposite, but I don't think I or you, or anyone else he's blasted, should be addressed that way.