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No. Swelling in one's abdomen is not spasticity. Spasticity is not just stiffness. It's an actual interference with muscle function that causes the muscle to respond poorly to signals- to flex and contract randomly, slowly or not at all. UMN signs are obvious to examining doctors. There are signs present in a clinical exam that doctors can elicit via a variety of methods.

Please, take the advice of the folks here and from your doctor and remove ALS from your mind.
 
CowBoy50, your reply on 10/6/17...

"Had my EMG today and the Neuromuscular Specialist said that all the muscles looked good except for my right calf muscle which has atrophy, but she said that she can see that the damage to that nerve was some time ago and that the nerve attempted to heal, no concern for ALS."

Key words... NO CONCERN FOR ALS.

"She tested my right arm, right leg, left calf and thoracic spine. She said that she can say that today she see's no sign of ALS."

Key words... SHE SEES NO SIGN OF ALS.

"She said that my facsiculations appear to be benign in nature and of no concern. I then asked her is she clearing me because she see's no clinical weakness or did the EMG have more to do with it, she said that the weakness points away and that the EMG confirms her decision."

Key words.... CONFIRMS HER DECISION.

Now, five days later the key question is... why are you still here?

You're free. Enjoy life. Move on. Best wishes.
 
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I understand Al and I am wanting to move on but these symptoms frustrate me, my thighs seem to have lost muscle and my right flute fires stronger than my left, the stiffness is on my left abdomen, just concerned that this is trunk associated

I am assuming that if the atrophy and twitching in my right thigh was associated with ALS that the EMG would have picked something up, but then I read about people that have normal EMGs, just frustrating as I know my thighs / glutes are smaller wanting to feel confident it's not ALS related

Thank you
 
At this point I don't think anyone here can help you 'feel confident it's not ALS related' if your EMG results and reassurance from a neuro didn't give you that confidence. You don't have weakness, your symptoms do not sound like ALS and your doc said the same. So you have to decide--are you going to take the good news and move on or continue to focus on a terminal disease that you don't have. If your symptoms are bothering you, then, by all means, talk to your doc about these and possible treatment options for cramping and anxiety. But you need to move on from an ALS site as you don't need to be here. Lucky you!
Best wishes!
Tracy
 
Cowboy,

I'm going to be blunt, and then I'm going to close this thread as it is doing no one any good.

You say you're "frustrated" about your symptoms.

However, every actual PALS here is "incapacitated" by their symptoms, in the midst of becoming fully paralyzed.

There is no comparison, so go in peace and live the life that those here would do quite a bit to have. Again, if you want to try to improve muscle tone, get a referral to physical therapy. If you want to improve your mild restrictive lung disease, you could get an incentive spirometer to work with. You might also see an internist or cardiologist about wearing a 24-hour BP monitor to see if you need hypertension meds.

Best,
Laurie
 
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