sg1000
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- CA
Hello everyone,
I am posting here third time. Thanks for bearing with me but I don’t know what else can I do. I am suffering without much relief from doctors. I started twitching about 2yr back all over the body and since then started having different symptoms.
About an year back I started feeling something in my right ankle on the outer side. Also intermittent pain in the shin muscle. This aching has increased over the last 3-4 months. Now my ankle aches pretty much every night though I have even reduced my physical activity to 5-6K steps (from miles of running a year back). Some sensations too in the shin muscles, maybe spasms.
In addition, in last couple of months, I have started having same pain in my left ankle too. Joint muscles and tendons. Also some pain in my right shoulder when I wake up. Pain in my both hip muscles. My joints are cracking too, specially in the morning. Painful to walk first 5-10 mins in the morning. I can still lift 15lb weights on deltoid exercise. Stretching feels good.
I visited a 3rd neurologist (in last 2 yrs) a couple of months back and she tried various tests. I can still walk on my heels and toes so I passed all tests. Meeting her again in a couple of weeks. I am convinced that I have something major wrong. Have done all blood tests, MRI in the last 2yr. Last EMG was about a 9 month back on my right arm.
Does ALS symptoms start with pain in different joints due to muscle weakness? I am worried that my muscles are progressively weakening.
I am posting here third time. Thanks for bearing with me but I don’t know what else can I do. I am suffering without much relief from doctors. I started twitching about 2yr back all over the body and since then started having different symptoms.
About an year back I started feeling something in my right ankle on the outer side. Also intermittent pain in the shin muscle. This aching has increased over the last 3-4 months. Now my ankle aches pretty much every night though I have even reduced my physical activity to 5-6K steps (from miles of running a year back). Some sensations too in the shin muscles, maybe spasms.
In addition, in last couple of months, I have started having same pain in my left ankle too. Joint muscles and tendons. Also some pain in my right shoulder when I wake up. Pain in my both hip muscles. My joints are cracking too, specially in the morning. Painful to walk first 5-10 mins in the morning. I can still lift 15lb weights on deltoid exercise. Stretching feels good.
I visited a 3rd neurologist (in last 2 yrs) a couple of months back and she tried various tests. I can still walk on my heels and toes so I passed all tests. Meeting her again in a couple of weeks. I am convinced that I have something major wrong. Have done all blood tests, MRI in the last 2yr. Last EMG was about a 9 month back on my right arm.
Does ALS symptoms start with pain in different joints due to muscle weakness? I am worried that my muscles are progressively weakening.
