omgkutsu
New member
- Joined
- Jun 22, 2011
- Messages
- 5
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Country
- US
- State
- TN
- City
- Knoxville
...for dealing with wireless like me daily.
I would first like to state that I have read the stickies! Also, I am in awe of the patience and fortitude that so many of the users here clearly possess.
With all that said, I still have a few questions about my symptoms. About a month ago, I began feeling extremely tired. My muscles would be sore for two days just from walking up a single flight of stairs, and my arms would ache and feel intensely heavy from washing my hair, or holding the TV remote out in front of me. It was difficult to work out, and now three weeks later it just seems gradually to be getting worse. My legs feel like jello when I walk, and my arms tire out at the slightest use. My muscles get sore very easily, and I have lost maybe 5-6 lbs. As of today, part of my face around one side of my mouth feels heavy and numb, though I am not slurring yet.
I found it weird that this came over my legs and
my shoulders at once, and my neck too. I know ALS often starts in one place, yet one needs three affected areas for a diagnosis. I can't pinpoint one area that came first, but does my last month sound like ALS to anyone else? I know my
weakness may just be perceived, but it isn't normal for a 21 year old to barely be able to hold up a laptop. I also don't know how fast ALS generally spreads in the beginning.
Thanks everyone.
I would first like to state that I have read the stickies! Also, I am in awe of the patience and fortitude that so many of the users here clearly possess.
With all that said, I still have a few questions about my symptoms. About a month ago, I began feeling extremely tired. My muscles would be sore for two days just from walking up a single flight of stairs, and my arms would ache and feel intensely heavy from washing my hair, or holding the TV remote out in front of me. It was difficult to work out, and now three weeks later it just seems gradually to be getting worse. My legs feel like jello when I walk, and my arms tire out at the slightest use. My muscles get sore very easily, and I have lost maybe 5-6 lbs. As of today, part of my face around one side of my mouth feels heavy and numb, though I am not slurring yet.
I found it weird that this came over my legs and
my shoulders at once, and my neck too. I know ALS often starts in one place, yet one needs three affected areas for a diagnosis. I can't pinpoint one area that came first, but does my last month sound like ALS to anyone else? I know my
weakness may just be perceived, but it isn't normal for a 21 year old to barely be able to hold up a laptop. I also don't know how fast ALS generally spreads in the beginning.
Thanks everyone.