Recent content by kawinpr

Hello. I feel bad to keep bothering everyone; however, I have updated situation. Situation is not good. As much as I want to believe I have radiculopathy, my symptoms keep slowly progressing and tell me otherwise. - Weak left arm. It's pretty clear that bicep has atrophied (agreed by people...

Thank you for your encouraging words, Laurie. With my whole heart, I wish you and Nikki are right. It's been tough time for me... although it's not much compared to what many people here have overcome. PT sessions are now addressing only my back and legs and I'd like to think my physical...

Nikki, thanks again for your kind answers.

Also, the doctor noticed movement in my tongue. But he said it's tremor not fasciculation. Still it makes me very worried. Questions: 1. I heard tongue fasciculations are really specific to MND. Do these occur in association with bulbar symptoms only? 2. Fasciculations in ALS, can they occur...

I met with Dr. WN ( BH hospital) who performed the first 2 EMG tests for me. I updated him with my current symptoms which have progressed a little worse since we last met 3 months ago. He performed strength test and reflex test on me. All normal except the weak left thigh muscle (however he said...

Nikki, thank you for taking your time to answer my questions. Thanks for being reassuring. Whenever my fear arises from the ongoing symptoms, I will try to hold on to these EMG results.

Hi there. This is my second post here. I am a 40-year old Asian male from Thailand. I will try to be clear with my English. Thank you so much for taking your time to read my post. My apologies for a very long post. First of all, I have read the stickies many times to try to convince myself that...

Hi Laurie, Thanks again for your reply. This may sound strange to you... but I think I have come to term that I have early ALS. The EMG findings (although early) and obvious symptoms (tongue fasciculation!!).. I don't know how to deny it. I will have to plan everything quickly while Im still...

My legs are progressively weaker really fast. It's hard to walk now. Can ALS progress this quick? My first notice of weak left leg is January 5th and I can still run; now it's February 8th and I can barely walk. PLEASE HELP!!

To be honest, the stress and worrying this past 3 - 4 few weeks have really taken a toll on my body. I couldn't eat well (I dropped like 4 kgs). I have troubling sleeping, which seems to increase my heart rate a lot. My heart is pounding when I wake up in the middle of the night. I feel tired...

Hi Vincent, thank you for your reply and encouraging message. I really wish all these eventually turn out to be lumbar radiculopathy. It's just that I got an opinion from another neurologist who reviewed my first EMG (denervation in left leg only) and MRI and said it can be early MND (not...

By the way, I am a 40 year old male with desk job that requires me to sit in front of computer 8 - 10 hours a day.

Hi Laurie, Thank you so much for responding. The EMG doctor suggests another EMG test 3-4 months from now to see the development. This was the 2nd EMG run (about 4.5 weeks after symptom onset). The 1st run was 2 weeks ago (about 2.5 wweks after symptom onset). My first EMG tested only left leg...

Hi there, Thank you so much for being here. This is the first time I post here. I'm from Thailand and English is my second language, so I apologize in advance. I will try to be as clear as I can. My symptoms have started for about 1 - 1.5 months now including weakness in left leg and left arm...