Nikki, thank you for responding. I am so sorry for your own diagnosis and I feel a bit guilty in even mentioning my news today in light of the fact that I am a guest on this forum and the majority of you do indeed have this illness. My heart truly goes out to you and admire that you still make...
Atsugi, you sure do play an important function on this forum, and I thank you so much for it. I went to a neurologist yesterday who did an exam and initially said she didn't think I had ALS. However, at the end of the exam I told her my father had ALS and she did a 180 and started asking me a...
Atsugi,
The twitches have settled down throughout my body - still get very subtle twitches occasionally, but the twitches are definitely focused on my left leg - under left kneecap, left calf, left thigh and left foot. In that respect, it does feel that it is progressing out from my knee cap...
Atsugi, thank you for your post. How are ALS twitches different from what I am describing? (I do pray that I am subconsciously causing some of this).
Christine
When I was 7 yrs old, my father passed away of ALS. He was 52 years old. About 2 months ago, I had a strange sensation on the top of my knee cap - a twitch. Since that day, and every day since, I get twitches there in increasing frequency and now they have spread to various other parts of my...
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