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    2 questions for you PLS folks

    First one: How long did it take until diagnosis? Either from symptom onset or from when you finally decided to go to the Dr about it. Just wondering how long it's going to be until they decide it isn't anything else. Second one: Do you have shaking in your weakened muscles? I have some...
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    My angel

    Well good morning everyone , my name is Victoria I'm 24 and a United States Marine. I have avoided this forum for a long time actually I used to have an account when my father first started experiencing symptoms I would write but as his symptoms increased and he started to lose more ability in...
    • Vae2244
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    • ability angel angry ankle camp dad depressed depression eyes father health heart life mental health military night running sad stress symptoms wanted
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    • Forum: In memory of
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    Father passed away from als

    Well good morning everyone , my name is Victoria I'm 24 and a United States Marine. I have avoided this forum for a long time actually I used to have an account when my father first started experiencing symptoms I would write but as his symptoms increased and he started to lose more ability in...
    • Vae2244
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    • ability als angry ankle camp dad depressed depression eyes father health heart life mental health military night running sad stress symptoms wanted
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: People with ALS (PALS)
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    Leg strength

    This is about my 86 yo dad.He has about half power in his right leg.My question is when you have ALS do you lose all power in the leg or can You still move it? When he's on his back he can barely lift his leg off the bed but has enough power to bend his knee with his foot still on the bed while...
    • surf
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    • als als? ankle atrophy back bed brain dad eating foot hip lift mri power problems swallowing walker work
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    leg onset with speech problems

    Does anyone know if leg onset can also hit in the voice at the same time.I am going to neuro next week but I am sure I have beginning stages.My right ankle and foot are smaller than left,I can see flat areas of muscles,I also have intense muscle twitches and in the morning My legs are pulling...
    • Greg8474
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    • ankle bulbar bulbar als cramping dad foot muscle twitches muscles neck pain onset pain problem problems speech stages twitches voice weakness
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
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    Need some feedback

    Back several months ago I had a few spells of swallowing difficulty ..which improved. I went to neurologist and I failed my exam as I had clonus in my left ankle. All mris negative. Though now for the last few months my right leg has Been giving me problems, it started lie I had a cramp in my...
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    New here with some UMN disease, possibly PLS?

    Hi everyone. I just thought I would register and say hello. I've been reading and getting lots of useful information and links and thought I would introduce myself. First of all, we are not sure exactly what is wrong with me yet, but it some kind of upper motor neuron problem. For about a...
    • wendya432
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    • ability advice ankle atrophy back baclofen clonus diagnosed emg emotional lability exercise fasciculations fatigue foot headaches hip information lead muscle muscles neurologist neurology new here night pls problem reading reflex spasms swallowing switch time to s trouble swallowing umn wanted weakness wrist wrong young
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Primary lateral sclerosis
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    ALS Fears Won't Leave Me Alone

    Hello everybody. Thank you for taking the time to listen to me. It's been about a year and I thought my ALS fears were put to rest but they are haunting me again. Please bear with me. Last year I had upper and lower EMGs which were all normal. The only thing I was diagnosed with was...
    • NickT76
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    • als ankle back chair cramping diagnosed foot muscle muscles neurologist night pressure twitch twitching wrong
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Clonus

    Okay, my legs (they alternate, not at the same time) contract over and over for hours. From hip to ankle all the muscles in the leg contract and tighten for 3-8 seconds, then relax, and 10-15 seconds later it does it again. I'm going crazy with this! It is not a cramp (I get those off and on...
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    Atrophy vs weakness

    I'm kind of a curious, research oriented kind of guy so there always things I wonder about? I searched this forum site repeatedly to attempt to see where my symptoms fit in, recognizing that there is often no "normal" when it comes to ALS. I found the following description of upper and lower...
    • dbltree
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    • ability als ankle arm atrophy deanna exercise fasciculation foot helpful muscle wasting muscles progression research symptoms tests umn weakness
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
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