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Hi All, This is a follow up post after 2 years... original thread below: Hi all, First off, I want to say thank you too all people here taking there time to answer questions for people fearing ALS. The fact that a lot of you have it and take the time out of your day to help people is amazing...

EMG results Hello: I went to my neurologist with the following symptoms: progressive spasticity, extending from left hand to left foot over the course of a year and a half. Lack of balance and clumsiness. No fasciculations or atrophy. My EMG results arrived today. I will be translating to...

I am 18 years old I always had in my life the fear of having als. In the past 2 months I started feeling weak in my hands and legs and then i started having difficulty eating.(needed a lot more strength to eat) I went to a doctor a patholog.. He said I had a fever and that the weakness was...

hello, about a month ago i started to experience twitching in my right calf, the next day it spread to my thigh. A month has now passed and it ALL over my body tounge, back whatever, i cant think of a place it hasn't been. i dont get tired and ive lost some weight. I also started noticing that...

I apologize if this has posted twice, I couldn’t tell if it did the first time. For the past two months I have been experiencing some very concerning symptoms, and so naturally I went online and it said it could be ALS. It started out with very bad cramping in my whole body (with occasional...

I have had constant twtiching in both calves for going on 3 months. i also have twitching randomly all over my body including my tongue. all the muscles twitch at rest and when i get up to walk or move around my calves stop twitching. i get radnom ones in arms, hands, tongue ( at rest ), butt...

My husband is in his late 40s. We were told yesterday by our regional ALS specialist that he has ALS. I am in shock and devastated. They started him on drugs already and we are getting him a second option in Boston soon. Hopefully next week. I need help putting the next few weeks together. We...

I know tons of people post on here scared to death, and the people who read this are probably thinking "Ugh, here's another one" but I'm truly very scared and don't know what to do. Here's my situation: 30 year old female About 5 months ago I noticed a slight indentation on my right forarm, I...

Hi everyone, I’m here looking for some advice I’m hoping you can help me please. Here’s my story:- July 2016 - I had my baby boy by c-section, when they did my spinal I had a pain shoot down my right leg. Once he was here I had bad cramping and spasms in that leg this was continuous until about...

hello every one my name is Najib and i have father who been diagnosed with ALS 6 month ago and i want to get more info if that possible. with ALS my dad has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and need an urgent Surgery to totally removal of the thyroid gland . but his doc said he cant do any...