New member requesting help and direction. Here's a rundown of my current symptoms and the last 5-6 months. I'll do my best to summarize.
My current symptoms are:
Subjective weekness in all four limbs, chest, shoulders, back, face, jaws. The weakness in my legs has spread up my legs from my...
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Hey everyone. I've been having symptoms for about 8 months that seem to have progressed and fall in the realm of the symptoms of ALS (or so I believe). First of all, I think it would be important to disclose my change in lifestyle during the time these symptoms began to show up.
I was a fairly...
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39yo male, formerly reasonably athletic (good skier). Not a hypochondriac or typically an anxious person. Went to a doctor maybe 5 times total for minor issues from 2000-2008. Onset of first symptoms (fatigue/weakness) was early 2009. No diagnosis of anything at this point.
MRI of cervical...
Hello,
Below are results of the ALS SURVEY as of March 28, 2011
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364 Started
285 Completed
187 Completion Rate
65.61% Drop Outs (After S! tarting)
&nb sp; 98 Average Time to Complete Survey
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Ok; I will confess...
Each year I buy myself a Christmas present. It has nothing to do with sensibility. In fact it is something that I want that I know no one will give me.
I guess that I am regressing to my youth. One year it might be a pocket knife. This year it was a pellet gun. I bought...
Hello im 23 years old 6' 135 pounds very lanky thin guy. About 5 months ago I had the flu and started having twitching all over my entire body. I did have a flu test and it was positive. Since then I have continued to have the twitching all over my body (legs, feet, back, arms, everywhere) , a...
Hello, I am extremely worried, and I feel my symptoms will lead to an ALS diagnosis. I am 17 years old, and for several months I have been getting widespread fasciculations in areas including my legs, arms, fingers, thighs, buttocks, chin, trunk and even tongue. Not including my tongue, the...
The New York Times
Published: August 17, 2010
Study Says Brain Trauma Can Mimic Lou Gehrig’s Disease
By ALAN SCHWARZ
In the 71 years since the Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig declared himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth,” despite dying from a disease that would soon bear his name...
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The Fart Chart:
1.. AMBITIOUS : Always ready for a fart
2.. AMIABLE : Likes to smell others' farts
3.. ANTI-SOCIAL : Excuses himself and farts in private
4.. AQUATIC : Farts in bath, then breaks bubbles with toes
5.. ATHLETIC : Jumps in the air, farts 3 times, and kicks his heels 3 times
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Please help with some advice. My significant other, my sweetheart took off, needing time alone and has come back saying he cannot burden me with his ALS. He says he can go through it by himself. He has been a runner most of his life, very athletic, always the one taking care of everyone else...