mandi3383
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hi, i am new here and want to apologize ahead of time if i ramble but i am looking for input on what is going on with my husband. my husband is 40 years old and has had twitching in his arms for over 2 years, he has never thought anything of it just thought it was a weird twitch. in january in started having a harder than normal time opening lids on drink bottles, he can still open them he said he just has to "concentrate more" to open them.
we went to his pcp 2 weeks ago and he thought he had the classic symptoms of carpal tunnel (he has worked on computers his whole adult life) he scheduled him for a EMG of his arms, he had that test done on monday of this week and it came back abnormal.
the dr that preformed the EMG wanted him to come back to have his legs tested this past friday. he has not had any problem with his legs except some hip pain after he has been sitting at a computer for 8 hours (who doesnt right?) well the dr said the leg EMG was abnormal also and that he had muscle degeneration in all 4 limbs and "ALS is defiantly on the table" and walked out of the room.
the tech saw that that upset us and had the dr come back, he stated he needed to have a MRI, blood work, spinal tap and go to a ALS clinic.
we are beyond terrified at the moment and i just wanted to reach out for some kind of help. if anyone has any suggestions or just works of encouragement it would be greatly appreciated. thank you!
we went to his pcp 2 weeks ago and he thought he had the classic symptoms of carpal tunnel (he has worked on computers his whole adult life) he scheduled him for a EMG of his arms, he had that test done on monday of this week and it came back abnormal.
the dr that preformed the EMG wanted him to come back to have his legs tested this past friday. he has not had any problem with his legs except some hip pain after he has been sitting at a computer for 8 hours (who doesnt right?) well the dr said the leg EMG was abnormal also and that he had muscle degeneration in all 4 limbs and "ALS is defiantly on the table" and walked out of the room.
the tech saw that that upset us and had the dr come back, he stated he needed to have a MRI, blood work, spinal tap and go to a ALS clinic.
we are beyond terrified at the moment and i just wanted to reach out for some kind of help. if anyone has any suggestions or just works of encouragement it would be greatly appreciated. thank you!
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