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  1. P

    Newbie

    Hello Everyone! This is my first post so bare with me. I'll spare everyone the details that took me from Aug. 2016 to now but as of now my Neurologist believes I may have PLS. I have had one MRI, 2 EMG's, several blood test and my next visit with her is Sept. 25th. I am seeing another...
    • PaulDaddy
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    • advice back balance choking emg foot mad mri muscle neurologist newbie pls second opinion test wrong
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Primary lateral sclerosis
  2. IgorZilio

    Update: ALS diagnosis

    Well, I went 2 weeks ago to see the ALS specialist and he gave me an official ALS diagnosis. It’s been really hard to accept/understand this. My whole life is falling apart, I live alone and far from my family, so I decided to go back home to have more support and also because everyone is super...
    • IgorZilio
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    • age als angry arm back balance bulbar diagnosis falling family hope life respiratory scared stop working support tests update weakness worried
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Newly diagnosed
  3. M

    Could use your advice

    Hi all....First of all, I would like to thank all of you who take the time to respond to the many people like myself and provide information. Having lurked on this site for quite sometime, I thought I would post some things that I have been noticing and get some of your feedback. I am 45 and a...
    • malibu
    • Thread
    • advice ankle balance emg exercise fasciculations flu foot gabapentin information muscle muscles pain problems symptoms twitches weakness
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  4. wmilo

    New to the Forum

    Hi, Folks. My name is Bill; I'm a new PALS, diagnosed in October, 2017, and also new to the forum. As I looked at some of the threads, I was impressed by the courage and compassion of the members here and wanted to introduce myself to the group. My experience started with foot drop in the...
    • wmilo
    • Thread
    • balance cals denial diagnosed diagnosis early emg foot foot drop radicava stages wanted
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: People with ALS (PALS)
  5. T

    Deeply Concerned

    I want to keep this thread short as possible- tough to do since my story is long. I have read all stickies and have in fact been lurking on forum for months. I know everyone here my name as creepy as it sounds. I have never felt so deeply empathetic toward a group of people as I now do toward...
    • Thegabe101
    • Thread
    • atrophy balance bfs china clinic clinical clonus concerned confusing cramping cramps early family ice muscle muscle twitching night pain spasms story tests twitch twitches twitching weakness wes
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  6. E

    Dad's Symptoms after Parkinson's Misdiagnosis

    Hello, I am going to share with you my father's current symptoms. I am a bit worried about him and would like to know your opinions My dad was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and treated with levodopa for 3 months. Since the drug was not very effective, they did a neural imagining test and...
    • Emanol
    • Thread
    • als balance bed clinical dad diagnosed emg fasciculations father foot ideas lyme lyme disease misdiagnosis muscles pain problems speech symptom symptoms test twitching weakness worried
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  7. S

    Any advice welcome, very new to this

    Hi, I Am Sherri, my husband has recently been diagnosed with ALS, I am 56 and he is 57 problems started a couple years ago with muscle loss in his hand and a little balance problems approximately June 2016 and now he cannot lift his left arm his left hand is crippled Up and bad balance, his...
    • Sher415
    • Thread
    • advice als arm balance death diagnosed lift muscle problems scared veteran
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Newly diagnosed
  8. D

    Yoga and exercise

    Hi All! My mother has MND and wants to do some form of exercise. Her condition means that her balance isn't very good but she wont allow that to deter her. For this I was wondering about yoga specifically for the upper body, and Im looking for general recommendations since the Physios haven't...
  9. A

    Is this ALS or hypochondria?

    Hi guys, and sorry for my bad English. So, I am 21 year old guy from Finland and I have had some very scary symptoms about two months. First all started in my left foot, which has some myokymia in my calf and sol. Then myokymias started to spread to my right foot and little to my both arms. My...
    • afraidmale123
    • Thread
    • als atrophy back balance brain cold diagnosed emg foot happiness heart hypochondria is this als last days life neurologist problems reflex scared symptoms test thenar twitching weakness worried
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  10. S

    Now I've become Her Burden

    It's been close to 2 years since My Liz was taken from us after a 5 year ALS battle. And yes I have started a new life with a wonderful new Wife. The last 3 months have been horrible. I can't shake the feeling I'm cheating on Liz and shouldn't be happy. Thankfully my 2 children are not only...
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