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    Reflexes

    My Physio. just diagnosed me with ALS because he found problems in both arms and legs. However he seems to be overlooking the fact that my presenting symptoms included dropped feet with no reflexes. I started with hyper knee reflexes that went away in 2-3 weeks. The are normal. I told him my...
  2. K

    Can Motor Neuropathy ......

    Work it's way towards your trunk? I've got non stop stomach abdominal and midriff spasms that won't quit unless I'm sleeping or maybe in certain positions. I had an emg which the Doctor coldly barked at me was ALS. My reflexes were brisk. Only my lower legs and lower arms showed increased...
  3. K

    How Can They Tell On EMG It's ALS?

    My mom was about six months into it when she fell and broke her hip. She died and cheated it. I begain having problems just during this same time with dropped toe and walking problems. Can walk but not to far. Balance issues. I've had neuropathy years ago and problems with my legs for years it...
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    How Can They Tell The Difference?

    I've had neuro. problems for years off and on. My mom just died from a fall that broke her hip but had ALS. Hers was upper. While she was about six months into it I started having walking problems worse than ever before. I just had an emg and he said ALS but it's in the lower parts. Could be...
  5. K

    Big Toe Dropped

    My mom died this monday morning. I am devastated but also sick with worry about myself. For some time I have had complaints about my feet but the last few years it's been my feet and hands. Now in the last year besides those areas clawing and cramping even twisiting sometimes, I have a big toe...
  6. K

    Fasiculations

    Where do you usually first see fasiculations? They question my mom has ALS and we can see it in her upper arms and forearms. Where else do these appear? I'm wondering about myself with alot of spasms and difficulty getting around. Do they ever come and go away? Kewanee
  7. K

    What About Spasms?

    I'm getting spams everywhere. Firing in the torso, legs, upper arms and wrists and thumbs. You name it. They are strong spasms and can result in cramping in my ankles which results in my foot inverting or contorting to the outside and under. Painful. Most spasms are not painful. Just that they...
  8. K

    Does ALS Affect Your Abdomen and Rib Area?

    As you have seen here by now my mom is being told she more than likely has ALS. Her sister died of it a few years ago. She was the only one in the family we knew of. She was the youngest of ten my mom being the firstborn. I have had problems for some time now with spasms in legs, feet and...
  9. K

    Foods

    My mom has just been told she may have ALS and tho I see diff. forums here I thought this the place to ask about foods. She coughs and chokes alot at mealtimes and sometimes when it's not eating involved but one day I gave her a taste of my homemade wine and it immediately rejected. Came right...
  10. K

    My Mom.....ALS?

    My mom is 84 years old and is now living with us. Hard for her to give up her home and she does not let us forget that. We noticed her speech slurred sometimes and so made an appt. to see if she had a stroke. That resulted in another referral, a Neurologist. This neuro. keeps the lowest...
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