please, please help - losing my mind

[clichti]

I was really hoping to get over this and not need to post here. But I haven't.

Very short synopsis as I have posted before - left shoulder weakness. No issues with the rest of the arm. Unfortunately, did a search for whether or not ALS can begin in the shoulder alone, and apparently it can.

Is there any way of differentiating the weakness that would present with ALS from weakness caused by something else?

I have had an EMG that was normal a couple of weeks ago. Have been told I'm dealing with a rotator cuff issue, but it doesn't seem like my shoulder hurts enough for that to be the case.

 

[ottawa girl]

Please, again I beg you, listen to your doctors.

They know the difference between a rotator cuff tear or spur and ALS.

I wish my aching left shoulder, with atrophied muscle was a fixable problem.
You are an intelligent 26 year old. Get the shoulder fixed and take up tennis!

 

[Barbie]

quite a jump from rotator cuff injury to ALS...one of the silliest I have heard in a while.

why would you do a search on ALS with a rotator cuff? why don't you get the rotator cuff injury taken care of and stop being ridiculous?

You did not have ALS in 2011, you still do not have ALS.

 

[wright]

You cannot be serious! :shock: I guess those countless PM's were all for not, huh. Oh well.