Remmsterr
New member
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2014
- Messages
- 1
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Country
- US
- State
- RI
- City
- Providence
So in early August I started getting this nagging pain in my thumb. I thought it was because of holding down a patient or something (I work 3rd shift security at a hospital) and I didn't give it much mind. A few weeks later, I'm looking up ALS bucket challenges with my gf and of course, I start looking it up. A few days later, I start getting painless muscle twitches in my left calf that spread to my entire body. After that, I started feeling extremely fatigued, body aches, my left arm feels like its shaking, lost my appetite, legs felt rubbery when I woke up.. All this sent me to the Emergency room. They did the usual (blood work and what not) the doc made me take a quick test (walking on my toes, testing my strength), and that came out fine; no electrolytes. She told me it could just be stress and anxiety coupled with not getting enough sleep after shifts. I felt fine for a bit but then, I started to slur some words like only some phrases come out odd sounding like "special checks" and "risked". Sometimes when I breathe, i feel like a weire feeling like the air is going down the wrong whole? But today I go out to breakfast with my gf and I suddenly choke on a home fry. Which is weird because I've been eating homefries at my job for weeks - ate em just the other day, no problem. I tried coughing it up bit nope, it just sat there.. I also started having a lot of spit in my mouth, dry mouth and constantly using the bathroom when I try to sleep.. Can someone throw some opinions my way :/ btw I'm a 25 year old male. I'm 5'7" and weight 280 pounds.