Recent content by Floridason

Good to know. I’ll say I’ve educated myself pretty well on them over the past few months. To the degree of being a neurologist that went through years of school to know every nuance and the experience to gauge when things “could” be benign or not, of course not. But if everything I’ve read...

And Toto it looks like I misread your comment. The tech or neuro who did the EMG was different from the person who I spoke with/did my clincial exam, who the tech apparently works for. It's that doctor who said he didn't see motor units, polyphasics, etc despite the review saying that there were.

They came from him over the phone. Tuesday afternoon.

I have an appointment at UNF/Shands next Thursday, which was the earliest they could have gotten me. See what they can do for me. This whole thing just seems so unreal right now.

I just don't know what kind of doctor, nuero or otherwise, worth their salt to even remain in the profession for longer than a few months-doesn't bother to read an EMG report. Especially when the patient is concerned with a MND. That's like...basic. Did he think just because of my age it would...

Well...this sucks. Tuesday my swallowing issues escalated to a new level. Like from being difficult to a near inability to swallow. My neuro was on the on call list so I as able to reach him the same day and explained my symptoms and their progression. He didn't seem remotely interested or...

Only reason why I included the stuff about me was to confirm that everyone else was right that it wasn't/didn't sound like als. Which people mentioned vitamin defiencies-which I apparently have several of. Seaside, I'm genuinely sorry to whatever I did that, from my perspective, has you so...

I recently had a thread “At a lost” where I ranted and vented of my anxiety and fear with possibly coming down with ALS based on concerning symptoms. And though I tried to take the advice of people who live with the disease to heart and clam my fears, my own feelings were so overwhelming that I...

I’ve asked the doctors to check my blood work for viruses and such, when I got my results regarding my vitamin D, they said they didn’t find anything. Though I don’t know which ones to press them to look after. I'll ask them again though. Jb63 I understand about that, where if you look for...

So when people come to these boards and post, is the usual method of approach is to just belittle them into the ground? You don’t sound harsh, just inconsiderate. There is atrophy on my hands, ankles, and calves. My voice is horse and my swallowing issues are coming back up, my lips are...

I can't take it. The chances of me having ALS at my age is what? A million to one or something? ALS doesn't attack the whole body at the same time as it's doing me right? It just doesn't make sense. The hallmark of ALS that it doesn't come and go, but it seems my speech has episodes where I...

English Major, originally for journalism but I've considered changing it to something more practical in the workforce like business or computers. Anyway no, I wasn't joking. Again, since I've refused to look up any more conditions, symptoms, or terms I didn't know what difference they made...

Alright I’m back. No, I didn’t go and get any results. I just called my nuero and arranged a follow up appointment shortly. I’ve done a lot to get my anxiety levels down and I would say they’re pretty mild in comparison to where they were before. My symptoms haven’t improved or rather I...

:\ Really? Alright. I made a mistake posting here. Good luck to you all.

@TedH What bothers me about this “feeling of weakness” is that ALS is from my knowledge, a progressive disease. Ones things start feeling weak and you lose ability to do certain things they don’t come back. I was a lot more physically capable and dexterous going on 8 weeks ago than I am now...