Taran421
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- Toms River
Hello All,
Forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong area. I'm concerned about my mother. Age 60. She lives a very active, but stressful life. For about a year now.. when she walks at NIGHT, after a long day her left leg will "give out". she then has to drag it back to her car / house etc. She walks several miles each day and says this only happens when walking at night and it is NOT every day, but it is often. (Presuming its fatigue related). Also on the same (left) side she has forearm and hand atrophy. She had not noticed the arm difference until her primary doc pointed it out but she has had some hand atrophy which is causing problems with typing, etc. She thaught was something like carpal tunnel. She also says she occasionally has mild drooling and hoarseness, but not noticable to anyone but her. She has NO difficulty swallowing, chewing or breathing. Again, her symptoms, besides the leg issue, are not noticable until she points them out to someone. Anyway, she does not have pain or twitching. But does have tingling sometimes. Blood test ruled out Myasthenia Gravis and brain MRI was normal. Neurogolist did say she has spinal compression ( I think thats the name) but does not think her symptoms are related to the spine issue. I know that her symptoms are looking like ALS from what I read, and she is going to have more testing done. I'm trying not to worry until she has a definitive diagnosis. I guess I'm just wondering if anyone could offer any insight into other possibilities. She has no emotional issues, no difficulty climing or getting up and works about 60 hours a week. whatever it is, is progressing slowly. Thanks for reading and sorry so long. God bless you all.
Forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong area. I'm concerned about my mother. Age 60. She lives a very active, but stressful life. For about a year now.. when she walks at NIGHT, after a long day her left leg will "give out". she then has to drag it back to her car / house etc. She walks several miles each day and says this only happens when walking at night and it is NOT every day, but it is often. (Presuming its fatigue related). Also on the same (left) side she has forearm and hand atrophy. She had not noticed the arm difference until her primary doc pointed it out but she has had some hand atrophy which is causing problems with typing, etc. She thaught was something like carpal tunnel. She also says she occasionally has mild drooling and hoarseness, but not noticable to anyone but her. She has NO difficulty swallowing, chewing or breathing. Again, her symptoms, besides the leg issue, are not noticable until she points them out to someone. Anyway, she does not have pain or twitching. But does have tingling sometimes. Blood test ruled out Myasthenia Gravis and brain MRI was normal. Neurogolist did say she has spinal compression ( I think thats the name) but does not think her symptoms are related to the spine issue. I know that her symptoms are looking like ALS from what I read, and she is going to have more testing done. I'm trying not to worry until she has a definitive diagnosis. I guess I'm just wondering if anyone could offer any insight into other possibilities. She has no emotional issues, no difficulty climing or getting up and works about 60 hours a week. whatever it is, is progressing slowly. Thanks for reading and sorry so long. God bless you all.
