worriedandshaky
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Hello. First let me say, thank you for taking the time to talk through issues with those who come here worried and scared. It is kind of you, and a big investment of your time, so, thank you.
I am a 42 year old woman. I am a triplet. Both of my sisters have reported swallowing issues in the past few months but we all have GERD and so I didn't think anything of them having an issue. One of my sisters fell and broke her hand earlier this month--as she says, she was just walking and then she wasn't. She broke her ankle 2 years ago.
Without knowing that they had these symptoms going on (I have a chronic cough and sometimes lately I have swallowing issues following a cough/bronchospasm but not to the degree I would have thought twice about it), my left arm has been feeling heavy and weak, as though I have a weight on it. My left ring finger has a tremor. I thought, pinched nerve. When I have really exerted this arm in the past, it aches for a few days like a toothache (basically any time I scrub a tub or a floor!) so pinched nerve sounded reasonable. The heavy, weak feeling is terrible--I would liken it to when your leg falls asleep but BEFORE it wakes up. I saw in the sticky that ALS does not "feel" anything. So I would not even be wasting your time except now my right hand wants to play.
I am right handed. I am now having trouble gripping a pen. My hand cramps terribly when I write and the pen gradually slips, slips, slips down toward the paper until I have to shift it entirely back to where I need it. Last night I had so much trouble holding chopsticks. I am not able to use chopsticks properly normally, but I can at least hold them. It was scary and frustrating. Today my right hand was shaking as I used a spoon. Forks have given me trouble. I can still type quickly though.
Again, I would put this off to pinched nerve but my left butt cheek, top of my thigh and sometimes my ankle are getting a weak and heavy feeling. I am guessing Parkinson's is more likely than ALS, but because I have two sisters who are having swallowing issues and one of them falling, it concerned me.
I don't know if cognitive issues are involved with ALS at all, but for 42, I sure do that "go into a room and not know why you went there" thing a LOT. This may be down to anxiety.
I am sorry this is so long. Again, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to read this and any feedback you might have for me.
I am a 42 year old woman. I am a triplet. Both of my sisters have reported swallowing issues in the past few months but we all have GERD and so I didn't think anything of them having an issue. One of my sisters fell and broke her hand earlier this month--as she says, she was just walking and then she wasn't. She broke her ankle 2 years ago.
Without knowing that they had these symptoms going on (I have a chronic cough and sometimes lately I have swallowing issues following a cough/bronchospasm but not to the degree I would have thought twice about it), my left arm has been feeling heavy and weak, as though I have a weight on it. My left ring finger has a tremor. I thought, pinched nerve. When I have really exerted this arm in the past, it aches for a few days like a toothache (basically any time I scrub a tub or a floor!) so pinched nerve sounded reasonable. The heavy, weak feeling is terrible--I would liken it to when your leg falls asleep but BEFORE it wakes up. I saw in the sticky that ALS does not "feel" anything. So I would not even be wasting your time except now my right hand wants to play.
I am right handed. I am now having trouble gripping a pen. My hand cramps terribly when I write and the pen gradually slips, slips, slips down toward the paper until I have to shift it entirely back to where I need it. Last night I had so much trouble holding chopsticks. I am not able to use chopsticks properly normally, but I can at least hold them. It was scary and frustrating. Today my right hand was shaking as I used a spoon. Forks have given me trouble. I can still type quickly though.
Again, I would put this off to pinched nerve but my left butt cheek, top of my thigh and sometimes my ankle are getting a weak and heavy feeling. I am guessing Parkinson's is more likely than ALS, but because I have two sisters who are having swallowing issues and one of them falling, it concerned me.
I don't know if cognitive issues are involved with ALS at all, but for 42, I sure do that "go into a room and not know why you went there" thing a LOT. This may be down to anxiety.
I am sorry this is so long. Again, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to read this and any feedback you might have for me.