thank you everyone for the input. went to my pcp yesterday. just so happens he has three family members with fals, so he is pretty knowledgeable, and he cares enough to call me at home at 10p and assured me it's normal, and to just keep workin them a few times a day as to keep my mobility as...
i'm new here but there is one thing i can tell you for sure. when the nuero said you have als and i went home in disbelief. within one hour on the internet i had no question they were correct. this is just my humble opinion but if you have researched and are sill quetioning. you DO NOT have ALS
i have noticed swelling in my fingers today. i have a few fingers that i cannot straighten without bending them forcibly with some pain involved. i dont know if this is an als thing or maybe drug reaction or maybe something else entirely. i have e-mailed my doc but its easter. any ideas would be...
hey skipper66. i dont appreciate you assuming u know my whole story and it wasnt an assumption i had als, my pcp has had 3 family members with it, it just was not confifmed till 3/24. i definitely do have als. if you dont have anything nice to say. dont say it. the facial droop turned out to be...
emg was one of the many tests they did to diagnose me. the fasciculations havent let up in about a month. my arms are almost skin and bones at this point. legs are not as bad yet but they do have slight faciculation and some muscle loss as well.
thanks,
shawn
i was recently diagnosed with als and i was wondering if it is possible that the right side of my face drooping would be a symptom of the als or maybe something totally different. the right side of my face wont smile and i cant get into the doc until tommorrow. it happened overnight and my wife...