Well, I am back from the neurologist. I have weakness in my left hand and wrist, left foot and ankle, left side of my face. I am having an MRI monday, and he is referring me to the ALS clinic for EMG. He brought up ALS (not saying I had it, but that there are a number of diseases that can look like this, including ALS), and said he wants the guy at the ALS clinic to do the EMG, as he is an expert. I asked if he thought it might be autoimmune, and he said it's just really hard to know at this point what is going on, but that he wants to start with the EMG. If it's neuromuscular, I'll stay with the specialty clinic, if not, I'll come back to him. He and a PA both checked my left foot as the PA thought my toe went up, he was not quite sure . . . but the reflexes in my knees and ankles were completely non-existent, even after they had me clench my hands or whatever. After he had me open my mouth and move my tongue around for awhile, my teeth started chattering like crazy. Not sure what the hell that was about, maybe I was just nervous.
Well, that wasn't the news I was hoping to hear, but I totally realize that there are a lot of things that can cause muscle weakness besides ALS, so I just need to not let myself get too scared at this point. Bleh.