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Thank you, Karen! Yes, I know all those things but I don't think straight right now (although I stated that I am rational, lol). Thing is I have had these symptoms for one year already and what that scares me the most is the one-sidedness and the fact that my left hand and leg are stronger right...

I posted on this forum twice already about my symptoms. Long story short, for about one year I feel mild weakness on my dominant side (right leg and arm). I feel my right leg heavier when I step and feel objects heavier with my right arm (the dominant one). Also, my right calf and arm seem a...

How was your appointment at the Als specialist? I have similar symptoms as you.

I have very similar symptoms to what you have described. Keep me posted about your EMG. Did your neuro sound worried?

I've just read some older posts and I've noticed that their early symptoms are exactly like mine. The slightest swallowing issues, slurred speech imperceptible to others, hypersalivating and twitches everywhere in their body. So nothing that resembles what is said in the stickies: that first...

Thank you for your reply! Thing is that being a doctor, I relate these symptoms to my colleagues and they all say "you're a doctor, you're hypochondriac because you see all kinds of diseases around you etc etc". Even when I'm with my friends and have a couple of drinks I still feel that lump in...

<Mod note: previous thread> Hello again! My symptoms with right hand and right leg weakness are kind of the same, nothing worse, nothing better. What intrigues me is that for three weeks now I have had a lump in my throat feeling and mild dysphagia (feeling food is stuck in my throat and I...

Thank you for your reply, Karen. I will follow your advice. If I keep having these weird symptoms, I guess I will send myself to an EMG. Just terrified that my hands will fail me and I won't be able to fulfill my dream to become an interventional cardiologist. All the best to you!

Hello everyone! I'm a 27 year old junior cardiologist from Bucharest, Romania. First and foremost, ever since I first saw a patient dealing with ALS during Med School, I have the utmost respect for the ones fighting with this disease. I wouldn't consider myself an anxiety sufferer or...