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  1. K

    Anybody Been Tested for Wilson's Disease?

    I haven't heard about a relationship with these liver enzymes and Wilson's disease, but there is a high correlation between elevated liver enzymes and the glycogen storage diseases, especially in the case of the disease I have, late onset acid maltase deficiency, GSD type 2. Also, patients and...
  2. K

    Compassion, where did it go?

    Although in general it seems that compassion has left our society, I've been pleasantly surprised by a few people since becming ill. Initially, my doctors suspected ALS, but I was finally diagnosed with a rare, progressive myopathy called acid maltase deficiency. I still keep in touch with...
  3. K

    Can a pinch nerve in neck cause muscle weakness and twitching

    A few years ago, I experienced a situation where a nerve was being slowly, progressively pinched. This usually occurs without being related to a specific disease, but in my case it is a common occurance with my degenerative joint disease. I did not notice loss of feeling in the left arm, and...
  4. K

    Where to from here?

    After 10 years of taking lipitor, my company began a program where I receive free refills for most generic drugs. Being very frugal by nature, I discussed with my doctor and changed to simvastin. It was shortly after this that my symptoms for adult Pompe/acid maltase deficiency went into...
  5. K

    Where to from here?

    I was wondering: Did you weakness ebb and flow in short time periods, such as a few days when under stress? I have good days and bad, but since I work in a stressful job, I notice that the weakness and fatigue build daily through the week, then I try to rest on weekends Do you quickly get...
  6. K

    Where to from here?

    I saw this post and really wanted to reply, but I'm not sure if my thoughts are biased. About ten years ago I lived in Georgia when I began to notice that my thighs were beginning to weaken. the progression to other areas was like a creeping feeling that progressed day by day. My other...
  7. K

    Look out for this!

    I'm going through a similar situation and was fortunate that I went to the Mayo clinic. I wonder if a similar multidicipline approach might be helpful in your case. Initially, I did not have respiratory weakness, but I was diagnosed with adult acid maltase deficiency based on arm, back and hip...
  8. K

    Reading through past posts...

    I think there are aspects of this phenomenon that you might need to recognize. I apologize in advance because I have recently been diagnosed with an often fatal disease that is usually misdiagnosed. What if you went through the entire process you described, but ultimately instead of being told...
  9. K

    follow-up: Mitochondrial Disease?

    One thing that even many neurologists don't quite understand is that adult onset mito diseases and metabolic myopathies can present with a wide array of initial presenting symptoms. Initially, I was concerned with hand and forearm weakness, cramps and twitches. My final diagnosis? Of...
  10. K

    Follow up

    I've been away from this site for a while, and I saw that I had some unanswered questions from a previous post. In a nutshell, I attended the Mayo clinic, where I was initially told I had a metabolic myopathy. Sorry that I have not returned to this site for a while. I came down with a cold...
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