Recent content by Flatcoat

All, I posted a couple of months ago about concern about various physical symptoms (such as twitches and muscle fatigue) and some active and chronic denervation that showed up on the EMG. I went to the Univ of Penn and met with their EMG expert. I was very fortunate to find out that in his...

Sean Bird at Univ of Penn

Went to the neurologist today and went over all info to date. He said that my EMGs showed mostly chronic denervation with three spots of mild active denervation in the legs. No denervation in tongue or spine. The spinal MRI showed moderate herniations of the C4 and L4 discs. He did another...

Thanks, Al! It's obvious to me that you are a rock to many people on these forums. I'll find out everything (or at least more) on Tuesday. The name "Flatcoat" comes from my dog, a flat-coated retreiver (Google it and you'll see what they look like.) Thanks again!

I'm a new poster here that has been getting a lot of tests done and am concerned about whether I have ALS. I'll be as brief as I can. In the last week of Dec I had numbness on the left side of my face, the outside left of my arm, and the outside of my left leg. I went to my GP in early Jan...