1. This is my first post and no, I do not have ALS. I am going to ask a VALID question regarding a close friend of mine who passed away 3 months ago from ALS. Regarding myself, I have advanced diabetes and a history of colon cancer, but other than this, I am fortunate and lucky enough to be...
I read the "Do I have ALS Forum" and I have some symptoms but not all.
The worse symptom is shortness of breath when lying down, there are times where I feel like I am about to pass out for no other reason than lying down or sitting.
Next is night sweats every night even though I keep my...
New to this forum and not sure where to post. Diagnosed with ALS back in July 2016 at Hopkins through EMG testing. I am experiencing muscle wasting in my hands and fasciculations. I have many Lyme's symptoms as well such as ringing in the ear, dental issues, burning in hand and feet, night...
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I have got noticeable atrophy in my right hand. Currently doctors are looking at the idea of a pinched nerve further up which they did notice in ultrasound as the possible cause. I am not seeing any significant pain, there is some weakness.
I have noticed recently that (where I was...
Hey guys, I am a 21 years old bachelor student from the cold land of Norway! :)
I do not know if i struggle with health anxiety or not, but this ALS scare has been bothering for a month now. It all started with like a left side headache, and I was sure it was tumour. I even convinced myself I...
Hi all I am a 20 year old female. I just read a post about a 27 year old women that got ALS. I would like to share my story. 7 months ago I started to have twitching in my calves. There was occasional twitches elsewhere like my arms and upper legs. I began feeling weak in my right leg. I have...
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I am coming back to this site after two years.unfortunately things got a lot worse in these two years...I had a question 2 years ago my emg came out clean..it started with muscle atrophy pain and then weakness..since emg came oout clean ..we never went back to als path.was...
There is a ton of information on this site that you can access to try and get answers. And while posting questions is allowed, until you are diagnosed it becomes a burden upon those who are caring for people with ALS and it is something that most of us with ALS do not want to deal with.
We all...
Symptoms started in August of 2014
Here is my story:
I am a 24 year old male, 23 at the time of symptoms. Twitching started in my shoulder region. Right shoulder to be exact. Didn't think of it until 2 weeks later I felt the same twitch and I started researching. At the time I was playing...