gu1928
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- Joined
- Mar 22, 2014
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- Reason
- Learn about ALS
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- US
- State
- Fl
- City
- Parkland
I used to excercise on a regular basis
One morning two months ago I woke up with pain in my left leg .The pain was radiating from the ankle to the outer calf and i had been experiencing muscle weakness a week before this happened
.I thought this was some kind of sparin.Went into ER .The did an x ray and ultarsound for blood clot in the leg and sent me home asking me to go to orthopedic
The orthopedic asked me to use to RICE technique.There were cysts on my back.An MRI was ordered on my spine.A month passed without any relief and symptoms getting worse
MRI should disk herniatiion that would affect the right leg ( sciatic pain) which did not explain the left leg pain .An EMG was done on both legs and came out normal.
Another month after with no relief in pain I was sent for lower leg MRI which showed bone marrow edema in tibia and minute fluid in ankle ( within normal limits).No sprains,strains or stress fractures.
My pain is not localised to the Tibia its alll over the leg .On my last visit orthopedic observed muscle atrophy on my left leg and asked me to go back to Neuro.Within two months my muscle had atrophied by half inch in the calf and thigh.
Now my symptoms are :
Nerve like pain in the calf and back of thigh
.Pain in outer side of calf
.burning pain behind the knee
muscle twitching ( a lot of it)( not just i the affected leg but overall)
muscle pain in the leg
Also I feel a lump in my throat .Whenever I swallow a single morsel of food or a gulp of water I take many burps...this has been going for two years
I have an appointment with Neuro next week.
Did anyone have such symptoms ..which progressed so fast resulting to atrophy ..and diagnosed with als.Worried!
One morning two months ago I woke up with pain in my left leg .The pain was radiating from the ankle to the outer calf and i had been experiencing muscle weakness a week before this happened
.I thought this was some kind of sparin.Went into ER .The did an x ray and ultarsound for blood clot in the leg and sent me home asking me to go to orthopedic
The orthopedic asked me to use to RICE technique.There were cysts on my back.An MRI was ordered on my spine.A month passed without any relief and symptoms getting worse
MRI should disk herniatiion that would affect the right leg ( sciatic pain) which did not explain the left leg pain .An EMG was done on both legs and came out normal.
Another month after with no relief in pain I was sent for lower leg MRI which showed bone marrow edema in tibia and minute fluid in ankle ( within normal limits).No sprains,strains or stress fractures.
My pain is not localised to the Tibia its alll over the leg .On my last visit orthopedic observed muscle atrophy on my left leg and asked me to go back to Neuro.Within two months my muscle had atrophied by half inch in the calf and thigh.
Now my symptoms are :
Nerve like pain in the calf and back of thigh
.Pain in outer side of calf
.burning pain behind the knee
muscle twitching ( a lot of it)( not just i the affected leg but overall)
muscle pain in the leg
Also I feel a lump in my throat .Whenever I swallow a single morsel of food or a gulp of water I take many burps...this has been going for two years
I have an appointment with Neuro next week.
Did anyone have such symptoms ..which progressed so fast resulting to atrophy ..and diagnosed with als.Worried!