Two neuro's diagnosed my husband with ALS--after 18 months of misery, we went to another state university, MCG in Augusta, GA. It took 10 mins. for a resident to realize it was not ALS....it was PD. My husband and I cried with JOY at the new diagnosis. PD hasn't been as bad for him because of this. He is 48 now--was 40 when told he had ALS...we had an eight year old daughter. I hope they are wrong about your friend. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn