JenniLee
Active member
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2007
- Messages
- 38
- Reason
- PALS
- Country
- US
- State
- CT
- City
- NORWICH
Dear Friends:
While writing to Annmarie, it occurred to me that it might be helpful to hear what you think about my diagnosis (opinion #1....opinion #2 appt. in 3 weeks):
"THIS HISTORY, CLINICAL FINDINGS, AND SUPPORTIVE DATA ARE MOST CONSISTENT WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, BULBAR ONSET (ALS-BULBAR)."
What I find kind of funny, (my first post will give you more info on my health history), I had a meningioma of the lumbar spine removed 4 years ago (a non-cancerous growth). I have had on/off back pain since, but is ususally okay so long as I stretch and exercise. Over the past month, since my foot felt weak, my lower back has been terrible. The foot started only from spending a day on my feet shopping. I know the medical technology doesn't lie, but it seems so odd that after a bad med reaction, the speech was a problem, then the fingers....after that shopping trip, the foot was a problem.
How do THEY know I don't have a lower back problem, again? How do THEY know that my dental procedure didn't cause a problem? Gee, I had 3 teeth removed, with tissue inplant (ground calcium from cadaver bones) after which when I was home recovering, I passed out 2 times, hitting the back of my head the first time and the front of my head the second.
I know, I sound pathetic, grasping at straws.....but, to be honest, I would believe more in the insights of my new friends on this site to the last "specialist" I saw.
Jen
While writing to Annmarie, it occurred to me that it might be helpful to hear what you think about my diagnosis (opinion #1....opinion #2 appt. in 3 weeks):
"THIS HISTORY, CLINICAL FINDINGS, AND SUPPORTIVE DATA ARE MOST CONSISTENT WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, BULBAR ONSET (ALS-BULBAR)."
What I find kind of funny, (my first post will give you more info on my health history), I had a meningioma of the lumbar spine removed 4 years ago (a non-cancerous growth). I have had on/off back pain since, but is ususally okay so long as I stretch and exercise. Over the past month, since my foot felt weak, my lower back has been terrible. The foot started only from spending a day on my feet shopping. I know the medical technology doesn't lie, but it seems so odd that after a bad med reaction, the speech was a problem, then the fingers....after that shopping trip, the foot was a problem.
How do THEY know I don't have a lower back problem, again? How do THEY know that my dental procedure didn't cause a problem? Gee, I had 3 teeth removed, with tissue inplant (ground calcium from cadaver bones) after which when I was home recovering, I passed out 2 times, hitting the back of my head the first time and the front of my head the second.
I know, I sound pathetic, grasping at straws.....but, to be honest, I would believe more in the insights of my new friends on this site to the last "specialist" I saw.
Jen