ECpara
Senior member
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2012
- Messages
- 605
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 02/2012
- Country
- US
- State
- GA
- City
- Thomasville
My husband has Bulbar Onset ALS, diagnosed in early February this year. So far he has no limb involvement as far as muscle use is concerned. He still does yardwork and golfs. He does have twitching in his arms, hands and legs although not as much as before. He's experiencing what he describes as joint pain in his arm and now in his foot. We have heard that there is no pain with ALS, could this be from over use of muscles that are apparently atrophying? We don't "see" any difference in his muscles, does atrophying present itself this way in the beginning? How much time is there between twitching stopping and loss of use of limbs? He won't come on this forum, I think he prefers not to see what is going to happen but he does ask me to ask the questions for him. Thanks if anyone can give us some insight!