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    possible ALS/please help!

    Hello Everyone - I am new to this site and need some advise from anyone who is willing to help. Let me give you a little background of my initial sypmtoms and where I'm at today. It all started back on July 24, 2004 I go real sick with a upper respiratory infection. A few days into it I started...
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    Best Neurology Center in the US?

    Per Al's suggestion (Thanks Al :) ), I'm posting this to the General forum to see if there is input from anyone there. Hi All, Looking for someplace to get a 3rd objective opinion for my husband who has been diagnosed with PBP/possible ALS. In you opinion, where is the "best" neurology...
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    Undiagnosed Bulbar Symptoms

    Hi, First, thanks for the Forum. I have spent a while over the last few months checking out the posts here. This is a very useful site, I have spent 3 years trawling the net for info. We are interested in talking to anyone who has similar symptoms to my hubby Dave. Dave has an undiagnosed...
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    EMG + Diagnosis Update

    Hi all Hope you all had happy holidays. I had my first EMG Nov 7th, which was read as possible ALS. My fasciculations started in my left foot/leg then right foot. I have fasciculations everywhere, but less frequent. I've even had a couple in my face. Anyways, I saw a second neurologist on...
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    possible als?

    I have a few questions on als. My husband is scheduled for a neurologist visit in a few weeks. I am very nervous and worried that it may be als. His symptoms are as follows: speech slurred for over a year and is getting progressively worse last few months has made gulping sounds when eating...
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    Possible ALS

    Hi all, Forgive the long post. Strange symptoms started in early June 2006. Let me first give some background. I have an anxiety disorder, with occasional panic attacks, and sleep problems. I also have a herniated disc at C-5/C-6. I take medications for the above problems. Xanax for the...
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    Question for ALS patients

    Hi again I am currently in the middle of a workup for 'possible ALS' (neurologist quote) and I have an abnormal EMG. I have fasciculations in both legs and upper back. I am now starting to get cramps in both feet, calves, and upper back. I have not noticed any significant weakness...
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    ALS and aspartame and diet sodas

    Replying to various questions- Symptoms started sometime in 2003 with fasciculations, then weakness in right hand. My "secret" is probably that I just have something of a slow case. I just learned I have ALS two months ago, up until then I had horrible eating habits and drank lots of...
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    New to this forum... facing possible ALS diagnosis...

    Hello everyone. I just found this forum and have read a bit and noted that newcomers seemed welcomed. I am facing a possible diagnosis of ALS though have had trouble getting health care providers to even care about giving me any diagnosis or hope of finding the cause of my issues. I have...
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    New, and now depressed, and scared!

    Hi All, I feel as if I've been run over by a truck... I'll tell my story. Sometime Last July 2004 I woke up one morning, and while stretching my legs, pulled by left calf muscle (So I thought.) I immediatly started walking with a slight limp. September 2004 I was still walking with a limp, so...
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