Recent content by sea2021

Thank you all for your input & patience.

Received my blood work everything norm except WBC high by 0.1 & calcium low by 0.1 - funny how you kinda hope something might be off to account for what’s going on. I am awaiting an MRI & will still see a neurologist in December. my symptoms have increased since October - in my right hand I...

General question about weakness/failure/atrophy: do you notice progressive weakness (I.e. things are a little more difficult like opening a jar and then eventually you are just unable to do it altogether or is it you wake up one morning and the ability to do it is completely gone? Also, I’ve...

It is not a pursuit of a diagnosis or any of the other things you mentioned. I am 37. I did not realize that the abnormalities on my old emg would still consider it clean. Sorry to offend or upset anyone. Was just seeking some clarification & insight while I wait out my appointment in December.

Okay - I just didn’t know if the table would provide more insight than the summary. Thanks.

I promised myself I wouldn’t be one of those people, yet here I am. Can someone look at the table from the last emg and let me know if that pattern is indicative of als? I don’t have a doctor to ask right now or I would, I’m waiting to see a new one and I don’t have a PCP right now.. I’ve seen...

When you say that the key in my case is that 3 years in finger function is normal - (which idk if some twitching matters) is meaning because that points away from als as it would have progressed to no function or that if it is als it would be very slow? Also - recently I have begun to...

Question for clarification: I’ve read that abnormalities of Nerve conduction (so that would be the low amplitude etc in the first part of the summary?) point away from ALS even if there was that abnormality found on the emg?

Yes I can move them and straight them but the index is curved at the joint. The middle finger twitches around a bit and has no real strength and I guess that’s what I’m finding concerning due to that new “muscle wasting” in the thenar region. I am trying to find comfort in the previous...

I’m sorry I’m back with another question - my index/pointer finger in curving inward starting at middle joint towards the rest of the fingers, the middle finger seems to be slightly doing the same… should I be concerned that this is a sign of early hand clawing or another ALS sign?

thank you both - your responses have relieved some of my anxieties.

Thank you for your response. I do have some follow up questions… when you say loss of function, do you mean total loss or just more difficult? Also, in all the googling (I know, I’m staying off now) it talked about p waves being bad and I noticed that in my report what does that mean? And last...

Thank you for your response! The weakness is in my grip but only really noticed when lifting weights - and my middle finger twitches a little which I forgot to add. Your replay was reassuring, thanks!

I have debated posting bc I am scared of the response I might get. I have convinced myself I have als. Background: For years (since 2015ish) I have had a tremor and occasional trigger finger/thumb, in right hand. In 2019 I went to a neurologist & he did a nerve test and emg, it had an abnormal...