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    Potential ALS Diagnosis

    Hello all! I'm posting about my Mother-in-law who has received a potential diagnosis of ALS, but is being sent to a specialist here in Atlanta to confirm. It started in June with back pain/trouble walking and a very slight slurred speech. I'm not sure everyone would have noticed her speech at...
    • berlies
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    • als als? back boyfriend brain canada clinic confused diagnosis family father fell go away life medicine mri neurologist pain scared slurred speech speech stroke symptoms tests work
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Worried and confused

    Firstly, I want you guys to know I appreciate you taking the time to read my story. I am a 37 year old male, father of a two year old and I am very concerned about the probability of having a bulbar ALS diagnosis. Symptoms and dates: 1st week July 2018: buzzing in brain for 10 second...
    • Charles22
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    • als arm atrophy back bulbar confused diagnosis emg father insurance lyme muscle neurologist onset pain shoulder speech statistics story swallowing test tests twitches twitching weakness
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    ALS Anxiety - Soreness/Tightness/Twitching in Thigh

    Hello everyone, My name is Philip, I am from Germany (hence the username) and 36 years old. I have read the sticky post and would say, based on my symptoms (so far) - I should not trouble you with this thread. However, within this forum, there are also multiple threads that contradict the...
    • PhilipFromGermany
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    • advice als anxiety atrophy falling flexing last days mnd muscle onset pain sleep speech sporadic swallowing symptoms twitching weakness worried worry
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Nuedexta and radicava

    My mother found out that she’ll be able to start radicava soon and Medicare is going to cover the entire cost! She also had a feeding tube put in last week at Mass General and it went well. She can still eat relatively normally but gets tired after a while and has lost a little weight. She...
    • AliCat
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    • bulbar bulbar onset cost feeding feeding tube improvement medicare nuedexta onset radicava saliva speech
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Current caregivers
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    Very Scared Bulbar Als??

    Hello everyone. I will try to explain what I have been going thru and any advice would be appreciated. I’m a 38 year old male. I started having dizziness in December 2017. I then had some left sided facial tingling around January 2018. For this my doctor ordered a Mri of brain and...
    • Malthoff8
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    • advice age als als? arm arm weakness back brain bulbar cpap emg eyes hope increase insomnia mri neurologist questions scared sleep speech swallowing tests tongue twitches weakness
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Hello, I went to a neurologist who suggested I had ALS based on my signs and symptoms. (Constant muscle fasciculations, positive Babinski sign, left side weakness and atrophy -atrophy in left hand and right around and now both calves- slurred speech and cramps where my muscles get stuck. Also...
    • Catmom
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    • als atrophy brain cramps emg emg? fasciculations insurance mri muscle neurologist progression second opinion slow progression slurred speech speech swallowing symptoms tongue treatment trouble swallowing twitches twitching weakness young
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    A year of scary symptoms

    I’m a 26 year old female Hi all first I wanna appreciate for the time you guys put to read about the symptoms I’m experiencing and giving feedback. it all started a year ago when all of a sudden I couldn’t sleep. This followed by daily shakiness abnormal body movements and body ache. I also...
    • Jackie92
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    • ache balance brain burning death emg female mri muscle neurologist pain paresthesia shoulder sleep spasms speech stiffness swallowing symptom symptoms testing tongue tremor trouble swallowing weakness
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Diagnosis At Last

    Hello everyone. My husband of 30 years was diagnosed 3rd October 2018 of Bulbar Onset/ALS. It was a relief for us all to have a diagnosis as we was wondering all sorts what was wrong with him. He started to talk slowler than usual in January this year, and gradually got worse over the months...
    • Twinkle
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    • als bulbar bulbar onset decline depressed diagnosed diagnosis kids lift mobility nurses onset speech voice wrong
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Newly diagnosed
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    Fast progression

    Hello to all, I posted recently in the Newly Diagnosed forum about my mother. Since she was diagnosed in early August, she seems to be progressing quicker than I expected. In 8 weeks she has gone from slight slurring of words and a small limp, to basically unintelligible speech and the need...
    • AliCat
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    • caregiver diagnosed early newly diagnosed pain progression scared speech walker wheelchair work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Current caregivers
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    Bulbar onset PLS: how long before speech is gone?

    My husband was diagnosed in June with PLS. He had mild speech difficulties (slurring when tired) starting a year prior that have progressed since. He is increasingly nasal and slurred; he must speak each word slowly to be understood. He now has some toe drag with each foot and needs a cane for...
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