jenn_
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- Joined
- Mar 27, 2010
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- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Country
- US
- State
- Alabama
- City
- Montgomery
I woke up yesterday morning with a tight throat, it is easy for me to swallow things but I always feel there is something in it. I also woke up with similar feelings in my throat this morning. My throat also does this 'clicking' thing. I haven't noticed any weakness in my neck though. My right hand's reflexes are brisk compared to my left-hand. I also have some wrist pain on my right hand when I hold it in certain positions. My upper right-arm hurts too. I have been dropping things with my right-arm more than with my left-arm. It's funny since I am right-handed and my right-side should be the stronger-one. I have also noticed my balance being a bit funny! When I was in the kitchen earlier prepping dinner I lost my footing. I didn't fall but I felt off-balance. I am sitting at my desk now and my right-leg is twitching. I am worried my right-side is wasting away and I may have the bulbar onset. I don't want to wither away and die of this evil disease. I am only twenty-two years old. Last night I was laying in bed and I noticed my hip twitching, again on my right-side. I did pinch my sciatic nerve a few weeks ago & it is still in the process of healing. My jaw has also been twitching & I woke up with the right-side being numb. I have never been graceful honestly but every moment I find myself off-balance I think I have ALS. I am under a lot of stress at the time and I heard stress can trigger ALS in some cases. I hope it doesn't trigger it in me. I used to play on a soccer-team as a kid and was exposed to some pesticides and other chemicals. I wonder if ALS has been waiting dormant in my system, waiting to be triggered off. I eat fairly healthy, though I heard ALS strikes regardless of diet. It scares the living daylights out of me. I almost don't want to fall asleep at night because of this paralyzing fear. I am sorry if I am wasting your precious time since I am sure your this particular sub-forum of your forums gets flooded with hypochondriacs such as I. I also have a dry cough, though it can just be due to seasonal allergies. One spring my allergies were so bad I coughed almost constantly and ended up with a sore chest by the end. I was outside earlier mowing the lawn. Now if I really had ALS or even the early onset I wouldn't have been able to maneuver the lawnmower around the lawn would I have? I have coordination problems and I think I always have but they seem worse recently. My mind has been kept hostage by my ALS fear for the past week or so. It could just be my anxiety and me underestimating the power of my mind. When I focus on a certain region of my body or a certain bodily function those functions are magnified. My lack of balance lately can be due to my pinched sciatic nerve and the fact that I have absolutely horrible posture. Not to mention I sit at the computer ten plus hours a day and sometimes sit in funny positions, mostly on my legs. I also think I have hemorrhoids developed. Sorry if that is too much information. I also have joint pain, mostly on my right-side. I hope it is just due to the pinched sciatic nerve and not something more sinister like ALS. :-(