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    EMG update

    So I had my EMG last month on my whole left side including tongue and back came back clean but I'm having symptoms on my right like my hand and forearm twitching my hand feels stiff and difficult to use just scared maybe the should've done my right side freaking out feels like it's getting worse...
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    Botox injections

    I have been having a very hard time with saliva. It has really gotten worse in the past 3 months. My neurologist at the ALS Clinic has given me two medications. One is a capsul and the other is drops under my tongue. They help, but very minimally. Her suggestion is to get Botox injections...
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    So worried

    6 months ago I had weakness on my right side, numb tongue, facial numbness, followed by fasiculations in my tongue and my entire body. Fast forward and I have right foot drop burning tongue, difficulty swallowing I just left the hospital after an endoscopy, swallow study and a manometry, clean...
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    Was EMG performed correctly?

    As a follow up to my previous thread that was closed, I had a clean EMG on Friday. The NCV did end up showing that I have moderate carpal tunnel in my right wrist and mild carpal tunnel in my left wrist. My neurologist also thinks that my hands are just naturally the way they are, he said it's...
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    Looking for opinions

    Hello, I am writing with all my respect to people who are dealing with this terrible disease. Two months ago I suffered a big motorcycle accident. Broken transverse process Th1, first rib, and etc. I am writing as I have read on this forum about people who think their ALS was cause by a...
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    My mum is it ALS?

    Hi, really looking for ideas about what is going on with my mum. It’s along and complicated story so I’ll try to keep it brief! She’s never been the most healthy of adults. She had a heart attack in her late 40’s, drank too much alcohol and smoked and got little in the way of exercise. She...
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    Could this be ALS please help

    Hi everyone, I’m here looking for some advice I’m hoping you can help me please. Here’s my story:- July 2016 - I had my baby boy by c-section, when they did my spinal I had a pain shoot down my right leg. Once he was here I had bad cramping and spasms in that leg this was continuous until about...
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    Symptom advice?

    Good morning all, terribly sorry to bother. For about 3 months now I’ve been experiencing twitching mainly in my legs but more focused on my calves. As the months went on I now get them in my foot, thigh, face, tongue, arm, and basically anywhere. This alone was a bit concerning as good ol...
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    lurking CALS

    Hi, I'm Nikki. My husband was diagnosed with ALS last December. I have spent the last year lurking on this site and finally feel like I am getting to the point where I may want to start asking questions. My husband Colin is 51. I am 36 and I have a 9 and 11 year old whom he is stepdad to. He has...
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    Worried since 3 months

    My problems started all 3 months ago. Everything was fine before. After some extensive jogging, my calfs felt stiff. Ok, thats maybe normal, i thought. But it didn`t disappear. Also, i mentioned twitching on both sides. After doing some more sports in the next two weeks, twitching was more...
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