I'm very surprised you haven't heard of it Annabelle. The formal name is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (A L S for short), but it is commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, after the baseball player Lou Gehrig who came down with it. Basically, you lose voluntary control of your muscles in a gradual way until you can't even swallow. Horrible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Als for more information. Chris PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribeFor other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link:
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