Recently I've been concerned about going to soon and a couple of variables:
-when is going to soon?
-Symptomatic of PBP or ALS?
It appears that a key for which Neurologists search is weakness in some area. As evidenced by Thersa (canifet).
I also wonder if Theresa had an EMG when she first experienced this weakness. I'm thinking an EMG early on when she first experienced the weakness would have shown abnormalities.
My symptoms started December 10, 2008. Weakness (found to be percieved), fasiculations, and fatigue.
Since then 6+ weeks later I've had blood tests, EMG, MRI's, multiple Neuro exams. All negative by my Dallas Neurologist who also sent my test results to his ALS specialist friend at Stonybrook NY. He has told me I don't have ALS.
However, the last few weeks I've been experiencing cramping in my hands when writing, forearms. and subtle cramping in my arches. Many of the posts by PALS here have stated that they started out with cramping that later evolved into weakness. Due to my personal symptoms this is NOW A BIG CONCERN FOR ME.
I wonder if the EMG done on my legs and neck was done too early. Now part of me is just sitting around waiting for the impending doom of weakness to appear somewhere.
I've taken a little comfort in knowing that the fasiculations in my legs likely are not caused by ALS because it would have shown up on my EMG. However, the emerging symptoms and unknown causes of the cramping is extremely disconcerting.
-when is going to soon?
-Symptomatic of PBP or ALS?
It appears that a key for which Neurologists search is weakness in some area. As evidenced by Thersa (canifet).
I also wonder if Theresa had an EMG when she first experienced this weakness. I'm thinking an EMG early on when she first experienced the weakness would have shown abnormalities.
My symptoms started December 10, 2008. Weakness (found to be percieved), fasiculations, and fatigue.
Since then 6+ weeks later I've had blood tests, EMG, MRI's, multiple Neuro exams. All negative by my Dallas Neurologist who also sent my test results to his ALS specialist friend at Stonybrook NY. He has told me I don't have ALS.
However, the last few weeks I've been experiencing cramping in my hands when writing, forearms. and subtle cramping in my arches. Many of the posts by PALS here have stated that they started out with cramping that later evolved into weakness. Due to my personal symptoms this is NOW A BIG CONCERN FOR ME.
I wonder if the EMG done on my legs and neck was done too early. Now part of me is just sitting around waiting for the impending doom of weakness to appear somewhere.
I've taken a little comfort in knowing that the fasiculations in my legs likely are not caused by ALS because it would have shown up on my EMG. However, the emerging symptoms and unknown causes of the cramping is extremely disconcerting.