Daughter with Questions
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I know there are a million questions on here that present a case and ask if it is ALS, so I am sorry that I am going to be yet another one.
I am worried about my dad. His appointment with a second neurologist is next week. Google is scaring so I was hoping somewhere here would give me their input.
It is hard for us to remember when the muscle weakness began, however we can definetly say it started at least in January of 2009. The weakness was only slight (unable to pull a back extremely hard bow) in the beginning, but this past winter/spring his arm became weaker...unable to lift a bowlling ball or spray a can of spraypaint. Then he started using a stress ball and he was able to lift the bowlling ball and spray the can, but his arm is still weaker then it was back in 2009. It is only his right arm. He states that he has no other muscle weakness. He did have twitches that started this spring, but they come and go (I'm not sure how often).
My dad had taken lipitor for a while...I have read and the commercial says that this may cause muscle weakness and may lead to a diagnosis of ALS? Has anyone had this experience?
I can tell you that he has taken an EMG and it was not clean...I am not sure how these are "rated" but it seems that his wasnt clean however it wasn't enough for a diagnosis?
That neurologist was a bit weird and referred my dad to a specialist. 3 months later we are seeing the specialist.
By the way he is 50 and we do not know of any medical history that relates to this.
I am worried about my dad. His appointment with a second neurologist is next week. Google is scaring so I was hoping somewhere here would give me their input.
It is hard for us to remember when the muscle weakness began, however we can definetly say it started at least in January of 2009. The weakness was only slight (unable to pull a back extremely hard bow) in the beginning, but this past winter/spring his arm became weaker...unable to lift a bowlling ball or spray a can of spraypaint. Then he started using a stress ball and he was able to lift the bowlling ball and spray the can, but his arm is still weaker then it was back in 2009. It is only his right arm. He states that he has no other muscle weakness. He did have twitches that started this spring, but they come and go (I'm not sure how often).
My dad had taken lipitor for a while...I have read and the commercial says that this may cause muscle weakness and may lead to a diagnosis of ALS? Has anyone had this experience?
I can tell you that he has taken an EMG and it was not clean...I am not sure how these are "rated" but it seems that his wasnt clean however it wasn't enough for a diagnosis?
That neurologist was a bit weird and referred my dad to a specialist. 3 months later we are seeing the specialist.
By the way he is 50 and we do not know of any medical history that relates to this.