I have been dealing with my left hand weakness for 8 months. i went from one dr to another and they would do blood test after blood test and then when nothing showed up they would give up and send me somewhere else. i finally go tired of it and then had my family dr send me to a nuerologist. they checked for lyme disease, ms, cancer, ect. finally the mri's came out clean, and so did the ct scans. next they did an emg, where without telling me said he thinks he knows what it is but before he told me sent me to indiana university medical center and they did an emg, 2 wks later i went back to my doctor and was told i have als. my voice is hoarsed and when i speak i realize that i have to stop talking breath deep and then go on and say what i was saying. sometimes when i eat the roof of my mouth gets really sore and hurts and so i have to make sure i chew my food very very well before i swollow or it gives pain on the roof of my mouth