tee5
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- Joined
- May 23, 2008
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- Learn about ALS
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- US
- State
- AR
- City
- Little Rock
I'll try to keep this short. 4 years ago I started to have numbness, tinling in my left foot when running which would stop when I stopped. I also had some slight numbness sometime in my left hand around my pinky and ring finger and side of the hand along with a very subtle numbness in my cheek which was not there 99.9% of the time. I went to Neuro he ran test (MRI, Spinal tap c5 - c7 showed severe cervical disk degeneration CDD) and blood normal. Went to a Podiatrist and he said I had morton's neuroma. Fast forward Dec 07. Started taking BP med and Cholesterol med and noticed twitching in my leg, quit meds and all symptons stopped so my PCP provider switched meds and restarted on 1/15/08 and quit all meds again 4/26/08. My feet were really going numb more often even if not walking and so went back to Neuro in May 08. Before I could see him I started to have muscle spasms in my feet, Sometimes my calves tingle all the way up to my knee, Restart of calf twitching, Weakness in both arms, both hands tingle, thumb hurts sometimes, slight numbness in my cheek and tingling tongue along with an occasional twitch in other parts of my body including eye lids which only last a few seconds. No problems eating, talking, or with leg or arm strength. Neuro specifically said I did not have ALS but I am almost paniced over this. He thinks I have CDD and PN. It is odd they would both decide to attack me at the same time. I still work out aggressively on a recumbent bike but have not ran for several weeks now and May never again. All diabetes test are on the border of being pre diabetic but I have no other symtoms. Does this sould like ALS or have any of you experienced these symptoms.