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My husband has received one diagnosis from his neurologist of motor neuron disease. A year and a half ago he started having bilateral drop foot and his spine doc suggested low back surgery. They replaced 3 discs. No improvement so a year later the spine doctor suggested pinched nerves in his...

This is from the report by the neuromuscular doctor at Shands/Jacksonville Florida. I would appreciate your input and help with the questions I pose below. "Needle EMG demonstrated active denervation, chronic reinnervation, and reduced voluntary motor unit recruitment in the right FDI, EDI...

My wife was diagnosed with ALS in August 2013. She is on a bipap and has small degree of strength in her legs and in her arms, although not enough to be functional or useful. She also has had a ng tube for at least the past 3 months. She was experiencing a fairly rapid decline for about the...

My husband was recently diagnosed with ALS. He was built like a somewhat overweight linebacker- 6'5 and 360ish lbs. Over the last 18months I noticed that he was losing muscle mass and gaining a bigger belly. He was eating pretty poorly (pizza, junk food) as I was working a lot. But he didn't...

At my last clinic visit, my neuro advised me to try increasing my Baclofen dosage. I have been taking 10 mg morning and evening, and she recommended doubling that amount. I seem to be sensitive to most medications and did not want to try such a substantial increase all at once. We agreed...

I posted a few months ago regarding my husband and concerns for ALS ~ https://www.alsforums.com/forum/do-i-have-als-als/28271-concern-my-husband.html We had out 2nd visit with the neurologist at Virginia Mason in Seattle- MRI of head and spine, EMG, results of bloodwork, another physical exam...

Hi All. I've just recently joined the forums and have struggled with whether or not to post this, mostly for fear of the answer. I'm a 51 year old male and began noticing symptoms last May that began with foot drop on the left side. I was a runner and had just finished my second half marathon of...

I hope someone can shed some light, as it would be greatly appreciated. I'll try to be concise. Started having a globus feeling in throat at end of Dec 2014, went to dr prescribed reflux meds. No improvement and then to ENT for scopy and then Bariumswallow and modified barium and lastly...

Reading through this forum as I often do for advice and looking at the DHIALS forum it strikes me that no one who questions us PALS seem to consider exactly what the the term progressive means a.An example of something that would be described as progressive is a disease or illness that...

Dear Forum members, I read the sticky and searched a lot in the internet, still I am not sure if I can exclude I have MND. That's my story. My symptoms started in the left hand around 2 1/2 years ago. First some uncontrollable muscle movement and then 6 month later the atrophy was visible. I...