Mike245
New member
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2010
- Messages
- 2
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Country
- US
- State
- NY
- City
- Cortlandt Manor
Hello everyone, thank you for your time and response in advance. I've been scared of getting als for a few months, read post, searched threads. The reason I'm here now is because a few weeks ago I started have a weird gait. When I walk I feel like I have to pick my right leg up to walk, like stepped gait. I see a chiropractor regularly and he said he didn't see any thing in my back to suggest anything was off. He is a neurological chiropractor. He did strength tests of my right foot and left and all around. Said I was very strong and he felt it wasn't als, but to see another neurologist. I got to tomorrow. I'm 32, I have had BSF in the past, I suffer from anxiety and OCD as well as depression. In 2010 I had two emgs done that showed a pinched nerve in c5. This has effected my left arm on and off. I can walk on my toes, walk on my heels, balance on one foot although I'm a bit shakey on the right one but I can do it. My questions is, could I have some sort of early onset that is going unnoticed? Is that stuff how it happens? I've read so much I've pretty much convinced myself I have this. Im very scared.