I'm not sure that anyof you really know my family history, but I have lost a lot of family to illness, or car accidents, especially drunk drivers. When my mom was in 6th grade, one of her brothers died. He had a form of Lou Gherigs disease that only is in our family. Luckily, we think that it is only in the men, and it skips a generation. But we found out last night that another uncle has it. He has been sick for a long time, and the doctors thought that if he would quite smoking and lose weight he would get better. He has done all of those things, and he has just been getting worse. They said that he only has about 3-7 years. He's only 50. The biggest problem, what everyone's worried about is if we should tell my grandma. She has lost a husband, father, 2 children, and a granddaughter. We really don't know what that might do to her. I would just like you guys to keep us in your thoughts. Thanks.