christyloo
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Sorry I posted in wrong place initially but I'm moving my post here now.
My husband is 41 and in good health other than his arms. He fell at work a few months ago and after his arm bothered him for a few months finally saw an orthopedic. The doctor was horrified when he saw my husbands hands and arms. The muscles are severely atrophied on both sides. We hadn't noticed because he recently lost 100 lbs after gastric bypass so just thought his smaller arms and loss of strength were a result of weight loss.
His EMG showed nerve damage in both arms and he is in surgery now for the first arm to release the three places the nerves are blocked. The orthopedic is very worried that a disease is behind this and wants us to see a neurologist after the second surgery. He says this is the most unusual case he's ever seen.
My question is - does this sound like what any of you have experienced with ALS? Should we go to a neurologist who specializes in this type of thing or should we wait and see what our local neuro sees? We are about 2 1/2 hrs from Vanderbilt where there is an ALS clinic.
Thanks for any input.
Christy
My husband is 41 and in good health other than his arms. He fell at work a few months ago and after his arm bothered him for a few months finally saw an orthopedic. The doctor was horrified when he saw my husbands hands and arms. The muscles are severely atrophied on both sides. We hadn't noticed because he recently lost 100 lbs after gastric bypass so just thought his smaller arms and loss of strength were a result of weight loss.
His EMG showed nerve damage in both arms and he is in surgery now for the first arm to release the three places the nerves are blocked. The orthopedic is very worried that a disease is behind this and wants us to see a neurologist after the second surgery. He says this is the most unusual case he's ever seen.
My question is - does this sound like what any of you have experienced with ALS? Should we go to a neurologist who specializes in this type of thing or should we wait and see what our local neuro sees? We are about 2 1/2 hrs from Vanderbilt where there is an ALS clinic.
Thanks for any input.
Christy