Hello everyone,
I have been going through some of the symptoms for early onset ALS for the past two weeks or so and I am terrified. I have read through the stickied threads at the top of this forum and I am still convinced that I may have some form of ALS/MND.
The first signs were an...
Hi. I'm Jen, 48y/o. Pilates Instructor. I'm requesting any advice or direction as I am unsure I am on the right path. Thank you.
I've been on the diagnosis path since March 2017.
My symptoms:
Dec 2016
Right thumb shakes when I grip small objects
Feb 2017...
I am a caregiver to a 75 year old woman. I've been caring for her for 5 months now so I'm fairly new BUT she is rapidly deteriorating.
When I 1st started she had some problems choking but now I puree all of her food for the last month ... this is the info the family has provided and what I've...
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Good morning. I'm scared just to be posting here. I'm 47 years old (yesterday) and have been having some issues fora few months. I try to make a reason for everything, but I'm not sure what's really going on. My tongue has been twitching for over a month now. I walk fine but when I stop...
I am in the maintenance field and have been having issues with dropping tools and parts along with having issues climbing and balance along with weekness on my right side which is making my work extremely hard. After having twitches in my right hand my doctor sent me to a neurologist and I after...
On March 28 a little more than four months ago i started experiencing fatigue in my neck. I also noticed that solid and dry food seemed to get stuck in my throat after i swallowed and was very uncomfortable. As time went on i noticed i would wake up with my limbs feeling very weak, but it would...
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Hi,
my mom recently (8/2/2017) diagnosed as ALS by neurologist in Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (Jeffrey Fraser, MD)
She had a first symptom of weakness on her left ankle and few times of loosing balance on April 2016. Before the symptom, she fell down from the chair while she was wiping...
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All,
I am looking for a little input from you kind folks. I will try to be brief.
I am a 55 year old male currently in hospital suffering with a NMD which is yet undefined.
History: 9 weeks ago I noticed faciculations in my left calf and a few days later it was in right calf. I was already...
Hello....I was hoping to get some feedback on this combination of symptoms. (36/m)
I've had random twitching before and haven't thought much about it. A bicep here a quad there, calf/hamstring, face, etc.
However recently I've either developed more of this more frequently or I'm just noticing...
Hi! First post here. Thank you for your insight in advance. I'm female, 35 years old. Please bear with me as I try to walk you through what's been happening.
For the past 18 months, I've been experiencing strange "episodes" of muscle sensations. They usually come on slowly and last for several...