That's awful. Lou Gehrig's took my grandmother. She came to live with my parents for the last couple of years. You could barely understand her when she spoke her muscle control was so bad. It's a wasting disease, it effecting everything. The worst was when it started to effect her ability to swallow. She would choke all the time. It was pretty scary.

I'm sorry to hear about your friend Sid. Truly sorry.

Tyler