Hi.My name is Fern Cohen and I have ALS. I am a very active participant in the ALS community here in NYC. In mid-May, I will be going to Washington DC for ALS Advocacy Day. I have a website and a blog of my journey with this illness, with which I was diagnosed in Jan of 2004. I would like to urge anyone to go to my website BellaOnline ALERT: Raw URLs are not allowed in these forums for security reasons. Please use UBB code. If you don't know how to do UBB code just post here for help - we will help out!