slicknscoot
Member
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2012
- Messages
- 10
- Reason
- CALS
- Diagnosis
- 09/2012
- Country
- US
- State
- Pa
- City
- Northumberland
I'm new to the forum. My mother in law was diagnosed Aug 2012 with ALS. Her symptoms began with drop foot in her right leg in July 2010. By July 2011, she had lost most of her balance and was starting to loose strength in her hands. Then she started slurring and having difficulty swallowing. Then around the following spring of 2012, drop foot was starting in her left foot. By this time, she had 7 mri's and 2 emg's. I learned about ALS online when I was trying to get answers for her symptoms but her doctor kept saying that there wasn't any evidence on the emg's. He reffered her to an ALS clinic June 2012. Thats when my husband and i decided to buy another house, so that she could move in with us, so that I could be her caretaker. She has dropped over 20lbs and has finally agreed to a peg tube and all of her feedings happen via tube. In the past month, she went from 54% to 42% on her breathing test. She is currently waiting to get her bipap and dynavox machine. She does breathing treatments now along with a cough assist and suction machine. She has 9lbs of strength in her left hand and 24lbs in her right.
I have been googling every symptom that she starts to experience and I find comforting to know that I can give her answers by coming to this forum.
I have been googling every symptom that she starts to experience and I find comforting to know that I can give her answers by coming to this forum.