dhut
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- Jun 21, 2012
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- 16
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- Learn about ALS
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- US
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- IL
- City
- Edwardsville
hello all,
I'm new here so please forgive me. I am terribly worried about my husband. About a year and a half ago I noticed that my husband's speach became slurred. Sometimes I would have to ask him 2 or 3 times to repeat what he said. He just accuses me of not listening. I also noticed he has started dropping things, falling, and chokes almost everytime he eats. and let's not forget the angry outbursts. About 1 1/2 years ago, he lost his job due to a corp. buyout and has become severly depressed. Around that time, I swear the man had a stroke. We were sitting in the living room watching tv and he alll of a sudden vomited. I looked at him and one side of his face was slack and his arm was curled in. I tried to take him to the emergency rooom but he would not allow it; said he was fine. I helped him to bed. the next morning he woke up and seemed fine. face was pretty much back to normal, but he was exhausted but went to work anyway. Im not sure if his symptoms are getting worse, or I'm just noticing them more now that he is home and not working. He recently fell and broke his foot in 3 places and have to have surgery to put a pin in his foot. After the surgery, the doctor approached me and told me it took an enormous amount of anesthesia to get him to go under. Also, he noticed arms and legs kept curling in and he had "clonus" or "clonis". later, the anesthesiologist approached me and told me that he noticed my husband has a problem with his tongue and windpipe. Both doctors recommend a full neuro work up. Until this point, I had been worried about the symptoms but not sure if they were all in my head. family and husband didn't see what I was talking about. I had never mentioned these concerns to the doctors, they noticed everything on their own. Now, what makes this situation even scarier, is my husband's mother died of what the doctor's called pseudo bulbar palsy. This was over 12 years ago. Apparently Mayo clinic couldn't identify exactly what was wrong with her, but said that was the closest they could come. My husband says there is nothing wrong with him, and refuses to go to the doctor. He had an MRI almost 2 years ago and reg. doctors (not neuros) said it was clear. I am stumped, and scared.
I'm new here so please forgive me. I am terribly worried about my husband. About a year and a half ago I noticed that my husband's speach became slurred. Sometimes I would have to ask him 2 or 3 times to repeat what he said. He just accuses me of not listening. I also noticed he has started dropping things, falling, and chokes almost everytime he eats. and let's not forget the angry outbursts. About 1 1/2 years ago, he lost his job due to a corp. buyout and has become severly depressed. Around that time, I swear the man had a stroke. We were sitting in the living room watching tv and he alll of a sudden vomited. I looked at him and one side of his face was slack and his arm was curled in. I tried to take him to the emergency rooom but he would not allow it; said he was fine. I helped him to bed. the next morning he woke up and seemed fine. face was pretty much back to normal, but he was exhausted but went to work anyway. Im not sure if his symptoms are getting worse, or I'm just noticing them more now that he is home and not working. He recently fell and broke his foot in 3 places and have to have surgery to put a pin in his foot. After the surgery, the doctor approached me and told me it took an enormous amount of anesthesia to get him to go under. Also, he noticed arms and legs kept curling in and he had "clonus" or "clonis". later, the anesthesiologist approached me and told me that he noticed my husband has a problem with his tongue and windpipe. Both doctors recommend a full neuro work up. Until this point, I had been worried about the symptoms but not sure if they were all in my head. family and husband didn't see what I was talking about. I had never mentioned these concerns to the doctors, they noticed everything on their own. Now, what makes this situation even scarier, is my husband's mother died of what the doctor's called pseudo bulbar palsy. This was over 12 years ago. Apparently Mayo clinic couldn't identify exactly what was wrong with her, but said that was the closest they could come. My husband says there is nothing wrong with him, and refuses to go to the doctor. He had an MRI almost 2 years ago and reg. doctors (not neuros) said it was clear. I am stumped, and scared.