Thank you, again! Still have some symptoms including minor improvements that are mysteries. Hopefully the additional MRI's will show something as my neck is bothering me more and more these days.
Most of all, thank you for the kind wishes and support. It's really helping me get through this...
Thank you, vicki and notme.
Probably sounds familiar as I have posted here before albeit with a different question. My challenge is that I'm seeing an ALS specialist and he appears to see nothing but ALS. He just gave me what sounded like a Probable ALS diagnosis without completing the rest of...
Wright-Several forums members have referred to you as a great resource to help interpret results of a EMG. I have had 2 done recently and would greatly appreciate a non-biased opinion on the data as well as some factors that may have affected the test. What I have is in tabular format. Would...
I'm still working towards a diagnosis. Had my appointment with the neuro last week and asked him about some symptoms which he dismissed as trivial. They don't seem so trivial to me so I thought I'd ask for input from this forum who I believe know and understand more about the disease than the...
Thank you, again. I've read most of the above in my extensive (and sometimes too extensive) research about ALS but it was very helpful to see it summarized and connected. I'll bring it up with my neuro next time and see where it leads.
Thank you all for the quick responses and good wishes. And for reassuring me that these small improvements may be a very significant clue to my condition. I'll certainly share any new information when I get it.
vickim and ottawa girl - thank you for the quick responses.
Other tests have been done. I had an MRI of the brachial plexus (to look for lesions) and the neck. The brachial plexus MRI came back normal but stating "technical limitations due to body mass" (a euphemism for me being fat). Cervical...
Hello,
Like many others I found this forum to be invaluable in getting some much needed answers. I'm not trying to self diagnose but rather fit together puzzle pieces I feel my neuro may not be seeing or simply ignoring. I'm trying to determine if these pieces have any significance or are...