shortness of breath

Sorry for being crude but i am highly ticked off............ Most of you know i have been in limbo and recently started having breathing issues........... My very first muscle symptom was almost three years ago when i had a chest and throat spasms but thought i was having a heart...

My dad is a 76 year old, who was always the epitome of good health until about a year ago, suffering only from arthritis. In May 2007, he was diagnosed with a slow, irregular heart rate after a routine physical. He had a heart catharization and numerous tests done and nothing showed up other...

Let me start by saying I have been reading here for a week or so and finally decided to post. My husband is 51. A few years ago he had pneumonia really bad, and a year later had it again. The pulmonologist pointed out to him recently that it is not normal to have pneumonia even once, let...

My husband (DX 8/07) and I went to clinic this last Thursday. He has had a weakened cough for months now (which the Dr. acknowledged) and has been short of breath with any exertion for the past few months. If he walks up the stairs, he is out of breath. He can't walk and talk at the same...

Hi, all ... I can't believe I have questions about my diagnosed again, but I am wondering if other people get a diagnosed of ALS in writing. The issue has come up because my niece, who is taking time off work to run errands for me, needs proof of my diagnosed for her employer so she can get...

Hello, all, My father was diagnosed with PMA about ten months ago. He turned 70 in March. It is rapidly progressing, unfortunately. Over the past few months, he has lost most of the muscle mass in his arms and legs along with about 40 pounds, and has terrible shortness of breath. He's on...

Hi, all ... I was diagnosed with ALS on 5/5 of this year, with bulbar onset. Symptoms started in March, 2006. I've been referred to the UCLA neuromuscular center, but am getting a perpetual runaround trying to make an appoint. (Since early May, it's been "call back Monday, call back Thursday...

My husband tells me that his ability to cough is not as strong as it was before this stupid ALS. He is not stuggling or choking, but he notices that his cough has weakened. During dinner tonight, he had that "strange uncomfortable" look and I asked him if he was having an anxiety attack. (he...

Hi all, As many of you know, my husband was DX with limb onset ALS in 8/07, first symptoms appearing in spring of 05. For the last few days he has had some shortness of breath. I noticed it today when he walked upstairs, and my daughter says he had it yesterday just sitting at the computer...

A little over a month ago my husband experienced a tingling sensation in his left arm. For a few weeks after that he continued to have a tingling and numbing feeling in that same arm. He finally told me about it about 2 weeks ago. Since then he had a series a various symptoms: a feeling of...