TiggerLenses
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so an Update:
My family doctor got me in on an in-call/after hours.
This is what transpired:
he did agree with me that my left arm was smaller at the wrist and at the elbow, and that my hand seemed weak - he measured my wrists and compared - my right wrist was 18.5 cm and my left (my good arm) was 17 cm. So how do you account for a 1.5 cm loss of muscle?
my reflexes were okay, though. so that's a good thing. though as far as my legs go he didn't even take my boots off when he was checking them - seems very unprofessional and rude to me... he's quite the eccentric, so I just go along with it?
anyway. this has caused my Mother to absolutely lose her mind - I tried to tell her it could be many things, I shouldn't have told her that my doctor (looking at me with sad eyes) said, "this definitely doesn't point away from neuro-muscular disease... there's a reason why there's muscle loss. IT'S VITAL I BOOK YOU A NEUROLOGIST APPOINTMENT"
so...
what now?
I'm losing my mind. I just turned 25, and this? no way.
P.S. - wouldn't you feel fasciculations in your wrist, hand whatever if you had muscle loss there - b/c those are the places I don't really get them?
my left arm and left leg feel so weak. it's a constant reminder that I have this disease at such a young age. I'm at a loss for words, I just want to numb this with alcohol, but what good will that do just to mask it...
My family doctor got me in on an in-call/after hours.
This is what transpired:
he did agree with me that my left arm was smaller at the wrist and at the elbow, and that my hand seemed weak - he measured my wrists and compared - my right wrist was 18.5 cm and my left (my good arm) was 17 cm. So how do you account for a 1.5 cm loss of muscle?
my reflexes were okay, though. so that's a good thing. though as far as my legs go he didn't even take my boots off when he was checking them - seems very unprofessional and rude to me... he's quite the eccentric, so I just go along with it?
anyway. this has caused my Mother to absolutely lose her mind - I tried to tell her it could be many things, I shouldn't have told her that my doctor (looking at me with sad eyes) said, "this definitely doesn't point away from neuro-muscular disease... there's a reason why there's muscle loss. IT'S VITAL I BOOK YOU A NEUROLOGIST APPOINTMENT"
so...
what now?
I'm losing my mind. I just turned 25, and this? no way.
P.S. - wouldn't you feel fasciculations in your wrist, hand whatever if you had muscle loss there - b/c those are the places I don't really get them?
my left arm and left leg feel so weak. it's a constant reminder that I have this disease at such a young age. I'm at a loss for words, I just want to numb this with alcohol, but what good will that do just to mask it...