Medismart, Golly, if you read my post below that you'll see I admitted I was wrong. I gave credit to Elaine for thinking it out more than I did. (And a lot of folks have had fun with it since.) Both are something you don't see much of on this Forum. Maybe, in a few years when they raise that "5,000" number somebody might remember and say, "Gee... he was right!" For now, I was wrong. I didn't think it out. ALS is very rare. PLS is even rarer. As this Forum Post goes along it will get even rarer. Did I forget something? Dang! (PS I'm sorry to see that you have been diagnosed with ALS just recently.)