Hi everyone.
I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I’ve only been a registered user for less than 24 hours but am really impressed with the empathy and knowledge of posters and moderators. What a fantastic resource. I am on this site to not only utilize the nuts and bolts of...
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Hello everyone, just want to say I am a firm believer of Jesus. So my symptoms started as having a hard time taking a deep breath and gasping for air. I went to the ER they took a chest xray and said it was asthma, they prescribed me a 6 day supply of steroids and sent me on my way. I took the...
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I want to preface my first post here to say that my concern has led me to investigate about ALS in a way that makes me feel a deep sympathy for everyone affected by ALS (whether in his/her own flesh, or through a family member.) I also want to help those who make this forum possible.
I will...
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Hello,
I am worried that I might have ALS.
I am a 27 year old female.
My first symptoms began about 1 month ago with weakness in my arms. About 12 days ago I began having twitching throughout my body. The twitching began everywhere including, arms, legs, hands, back, stomach, butt. Over the...
Hi Everyone,
My husband is 35 years old and has lost a cousin, an aunt, 2 uncles, (all to ALS) and currently watches his mom battle the final stages of ALS. His family carries the c9 gene.
Upon visiting with his mom over Christmas (they live out of state) and spending a week surrounded by ALS...
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Hi,
It started a week ago suddenly with right sided arm/leg weakness that then went away and shifted to left arm/left only. After it shifted to my thigh piriformis and calf. There is occasional tightness too of course I looked up my symptoms and als came up and I'm really nervous. I'm just not...
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So about a week ago I suddenly had right arm and leg weakness. That went away and then it became left arm and leg weakness. Then it moved down to my calf and piriformis muscle. There are also sometimes tightness and twitching involved. I know these symptoms came on suddenly but of course I...
Hi everyone, I hoping someone can help me,with advising on a super als/mnd specialist!
I live in Melbourne Australia, and I’ve been to quite a few neurologists, but I can’t seem to find anyone one with the title neuromuscular specialist for als/mnd
The simple fact is I’ve been having...
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Finally got into the neuro yesterday. After some tests he came back in and asked me and my gf to sit down. He explained to me that from the Emg he couldn’t deny the possibility of als. I almost lost it right there. I ha e only been ha i g symptoms for six months and he said given...
Hello,
Like many others I have been visiting this message board after experiencing symptoms that led me to the internet - that led me here.
I have read many posts and many stories on this site and have much respect for this wonderful forum.
I will try not to make this a long and hard to read...