Gracie
Active member
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2007
- Messages
- 63
- Diagnosis
- 09/2007
- Country
- US
- State
- PA
- City
- Altoona
My husband was diagnosed with PLS 5yrs. ago. He had all the tests that they put one through and he had a brain MRI at that time. His symptoms started in his right leg with his knee kicking back when he walked. Since then he has weakness in both legs, clonus in both feet, weakness in both his arms and hands. He has lost the fine motor movements in his hands. Slight incontinence (I think because he can't get to the bathroom fast enough) as his mobility is terrible but still manages to walk with 2 canes. In the past several months he has almost lost his speaking ability and he coughs a lot. He slurrs his words so bad that he is hard to understand. His neuro ordered a new MRI last week and this is the results. No strokes or tumors in the brain. Brain Atrophy is present. I read up on this and it states that he could be a candidate for dementia and epilepsy. Does anyone else have Brain Atrophy? I figured the worst would happen with his progression but I never expected dementia. Isn't it enough that you lose your partner to this disease because of the physical losses but for them to also get dementia and not know you is so difficult for me to wrap my head around after 46yrs of marriage. Any help would be appreciated