About two weeks ago I wrote on this forum about strange symptoms that started after I got sick with night sweats, fatigue and cough. These symptoms have gotten worse and as I wait for the results of a brain MRI that I did today, I ask for your help so I can be prepared for what's to come. My symptoms started with a weak knee in my right leg and a weak right hand, about a year ago, which my sport doctor attributed to a pinch nerve in my neck. After I got sick in the middle of november I started to notice a lack of coordination in my right hand which was also stiff. In matter of a week the left hand started to feel weak, I can grip something but the fingers feel very weak. For example, I was opening my mail box and the keys very slipping out of my hand. This sense of weakness in my hands spread to my shoulders and to my right leg. I've been all along telling myself to stay positive and not panic, my uncle died because of ALS and I didn't want to be a hypochondriac. But almost every morning I wake up I feel weaker or a new symptoms appears. The past few days I had noticed that my face feels "tight" and my tongue is weak. Again I didn't want to panic about it so I ignored it. But yesterday and today Im slurring words. I'm having problems with the letter r which comes out as L and the s which sounds like a z. I say calds instead of cards. If I was focusing on it I would think that I'm conditioning myself to slur because I'm anxious, but the opposite is true: it happens when I'm not thinking about it. If I focus on my speech I can talk clearly or almost perfectly clearly, when I'm relaxed it comes out slurred. Is it possible that I would have just some symptoms and that in a matter of weeks almost my entire body is affected by ALS? I have occasional fasciculation, not in my hands or feet, but in my shoulder and legs. Please be honest, tell me if you think it is ALS, what I should do in terms of tests. And if you think it's not, what could it be.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.