stinahelpme
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Hello all. Just wanted to thank anyone for taking the time to read to and/or respond to my post.
In June, 4 months ago, my shoulder started to hurt. I had to quit my job because of the pain. I was diagnosed with shoulder impingement, and got several cortisone shots, attended physical therapy, etc. Nothing helped.
The pain got worse and is at its worst now. Mainly only hurts with certain movements. I noticed my bicep in the shoulder-affected arm has gotten smaller/atrophied. I noticed this today. My arm is very weak and I immediately fall over if I try to lift myself off the ground with my affected arm. My arm just gives out. However I am still able to lift everything I want to, I just can't support my weight with it.
Last week I started having a lot of twitching in my arm/hand. But the twitching has recently been happening all over my body. On top of the twitching I also sometimes have a fine tremor in that hand.
I know I am young and my chances of ALS are slim to none. But I am so scared.. I didn't get too scared until I noticed my bicep is visibly smaller in my affected arm.
I saw that some people had shoulder-girdle onset ALS and that's what I am super scared of. Thank you for reading/replying, it is so greatly appreciated. I hope everyone has a wonderful evening.
In June, 4 months ago, my shoulder started to hurt. I had to quit my job because of the pain. I was diagnosed with shoulder impingement, and got several cortisone shots, attended physical therapy, etc. Nothing helped.
The pain got worse and is at its worst now. Mainly only hurts with certain movements. I noticed my bicep in the shoulder-affected arm has gotten smaller/atrophied. I noticed this today. My arm is very weak and I immediately fall over if I try to lift myself off the ground with my affected arm. My arm just gives out. However I am still able to lift everything I want to, I just can't support my weight with it.
Last week I started having a lot of twitching in my arm/hand. But the twitching has recently been happening all over my body. On top of the twitching I also sometimes have a fine tremor in that hand.
I know I am young and my chances of ALS are slim to none. But I am so scared.. I didn't get too scared until I noticed my bicep is visibly smaller in my affected arm.
I saw that some people had shoulder-girdle onset ALS and that's what I am super scared of. Thank you for reading/replying, it is so greatly appreciated. I hope everyone has a wonderful evening.