ama672
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Hello,
Well I just went to another neuro earlier this afternoon for a second opinion. I told him about my left arm weakness (primarily in the bicep and tricep areas) as well as my tremors and twitching, excess saliva, excess phlegm, stiff neck, and breathing difficulties. He did a THOROUGH clinical exam that took about 45 minutes and said that yeah my left arm is definitely weak and that since I don't have a pinch nerve in the neck, he is considered that this could be more sinister like ALS. He also said that I don't have any other symptoms of UMN or LMN damage other than left arm weakness but that doesn't mean it isn't ALS. He said it's possible. He's going to evaluate my MRI more thoroughly and I'm scheduled to have an EMG on Tuesday.
By the say, this neuro specializes in nueromuscular disorders and was a lot more knowledgeable than my prior neuro. Although I'm glad that I went to this neuro, now I'm freaking out more because he said that I shouldn't just have weakness without any pain or numbness. He also said that ALS is very different for each person and its possible for it to start with weakness as the only UMN symptom and still have a negative EMG (he's seen at).
It's gonna be a rough weekend. I have less confidence in the whole medical community now (how can one neuro completely dismiss it and then another neuro said yeah something is definitely up). I knew something was wrong with my body. CRAP.
Well I just went to another neuro earlier this afternoon for a second opinion. I told him about my left arm weakness (primarily in the bicep and tricep areas) as well as my tremors and twitching, excess saliva, excess phlegm, stiff neck, and breathing difficulties. He did a THOROUGH clinical exam that took about 45 minutes and said that yeah my left arm is definitely weak and that since I don't have a pinch nerve in the neck, he is considered that this could be more sinister like ALS. He also said that I don't have any other symptoms of UMN or LMN damage other than left arm weakness but that doesn't mean it isn't ALS. He said it's possible. He's going to evaluate my MRI more thoroughly and I'm scheduled to have an EMG on Tuesday.
By the say, this neuro specializes in nueromuscular disorders and was a lot more knowledgeable than my prior neuro. Although I'm glad that I went to this neuro, now I'm freaking out more because he said that I shouldn't just have weakness without any pain or numbness. He also said that ALS is very different for each person and its possible for it to start with weakness as the only UMN symptom and still have a negative EMG (he's seen at).
It's gonna be a rough weekend. I have less confidence in the whole medical community now (how can one neuro completely dismiss it and then another neuro said yeah something is definitely up). I knew something was wrong with my body. CRAP.