Franci
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Hello everyone,
I'm a 46 mom, just had my 2nd baby 2.5 months ago so I m still in the post partum period. Approx 1 month ago I started having some very scary symtomps and I m now totally terrified they could be ALS onset:
- end of July start having for some day weird feeling on my skin, a sort of slight itch (similar having a spider web or a hair on the skin) in multiple parts of my body, especially limbs and face around nose and lips. Just for note, a couple of weeks before I start feeling very tired, head aches, mental fog, sweating but I just discharged this for the post partum condition and the very hot climate
- in the incoming few days other weird symtomps added, like some occasional burning / heat feeling and pain in fingers/joints (very very slight indeed) and a general feeling not being well (tired/mental fog). Also I started with some very light and ovcasional twitching in my body (I can notice at night), and weakness feeling in my left leg
- After approx a week (Aug 5) I start gradually having some symptomps in my throat area: weird feeling of my tongue (as it was thicker and slightly itching), lot of phlegm leading me to clear my throat very often and feeling stuff nose. I developed some difficulty in speaking, as it was difficulty for my words to come out especially with long sentences (It is an effort to me!).
- speaking difficulties worsened over the days, the tone of my voice has becoming weaker and I struggle speaking loudly and singing as before (this started Aug 11 after an acute episode of throat stinging / scratching lasted a couple of minutes), also I feel often like I'm speaking through my nose (so I have to clear often my throat and swallow mucus). To be reported that no one noted changes in my voice but I feel this graspy feeling in my vocal cords every time I try to speak louder. I do not have significant slurring but sometimes happened to loose some labial sounds like l, p, b
- approx Aug 20 the weakness feeling of my left leg spread also to my left arm. I actually do not have lost ability to do things but I feel like left leg/arm are weaker, heavy and are loosing strenght (it fluctuates a bit over the days and the hours), I sometimes feel this weird condition even without using them.
I'm going to see a neuro next week but I'm petrified this could be ALS, I' ve 2 daughters of 6 and 3 months and I can't guess to leave them.
I'm just wondering if it can happen so many symptoms in a so short time frame, as I developed problems in my left leg, left arm and speech and voice issues in less than 1 month and this is frighten me so much, I'm wondering if it seems possibile to you.
Just a short view of my past health condition, I suffered of muscle twitching and weakness when I was younger for at least 3 years (from 2004 to 2007), at that time I did medical tests and no significant issues were reported. I suffered also of head aches, brain fog and fatigue fluctuating over the years, but not in recent years. Maybe last pregnancy has changed something...
I thanks in advance for your opinion, you are a so wonderful supporting people and my prayers are with you and people struggling with this orribile disease.
Sorry for language mistakes (I m from Italy).
I'm a 46 mom, just had my 2nd baby 2.5 months ago so I m still in the post partum period. Approx 1 month ago I started having some very scary symtomps and I m now totally terrified they could be ALS onset:
- end of July start having for some day weird feeling on my skin, a sort of slight itch (similar having a spider web or a hair on the skin) in multiple parts of my body, especially limbs and face around nose and lips. Just for note, a couple of weeks before I start feeling very tired, head aches, mental fog, sweating but I just discharged this for the post partum condition and the very hot climate
- in the incoming few days other weird symtomps added, like some occasional burning / heat feeling and pain in fingers/joints (very very slight indeed) and a general feeling not being well (tired/mental fog). Also I started with some very light and ovcasional twitching in my body (I can notice at night), and weakness feeling in my left leg
- After approx a week (Aug 5) I start gradually having some symptomps in my throat area: weird feeling of my tongue (as it was thicker and slightly itching), lot of phlegm leading me to clear my throat very often and feeling stuff nose. I developed some difficulty in speaking, as it was difficulty for my words to come out especially with long sentences (It is an effort to me!).
- speaking difficulties worsened over the days, the tone of my voice has becoming weaker and I struggle speaking loudly and singing as before (this started Aug 11 after an acute episode of throat stinging / scratching lasted a couple of minutes), also I feel often like I'm speaking through my nose (so I have to clear often my throat and swallow mucus). To be reported that no one noted changes in my voice but I feel this graspy feeling in my vocal cords every time I try to speak louder. I do not have significant slurring but sometimes happened to loose some labial sounds like l, p, b
- approx Aug 20 the weakness feeling of my left leg spread also to my left arm. I actually do not have lost ability to do things but I feel like left leg/arm are weaker, heavy and are loosing strenght (it fluctuates a bit over the days and the hours), I sometimes feel this weird condition even without using them.
I'm going to see a neuro next week but I'm petrified this could be ALS, I' ve 2 daughters of 6 and 3 months and I can't guess to leave them.
I'm just wondering if it can happen so many symptoms in a so short time frame, as I developed problems in my left leg, left arm and speech and voice issues in less than 1 month and this is frighten me so much, I'm wondering if it seems possibile to you.
Just a short view of my past health condition, I suffered of muscle twitching and weakness when I was younger for at least 3 years (from 2004 to 2007), at that time I did medical tests and no significant issues were reported. I suffered also of head aches, brain fog and fatigue fluctuating over the years, but not in recent years. Maybe last pregnancy has changed something...
I thanks in advance for your opinion, you are a so wonderful supporting people and my prayers are with you and people struggling with this orribile disease.
Sorry for language mistakes (I m from Italy).