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I did understand your question about the time taken, and my answer was yes, it was enough.
I am a lefthander and yet that is my thinner arm. That can happen when you use it more and it is more toned (more muscle, less fat). Differences in size either way between the R/L arms or legs or fingers are very common and do not mean anything if there is not a significant noticeable clinical difference in how you can use them. And even where there is, there is often a simple reason that has nothing to do with ALS. For instance, I have been reading resting my phone against my L thumb. Now the L thumb has been cracking occasionally. That is a sign I need to stop doing that.
In ALS, atrophy comes after the nerves die so weakness generally shows first. You do not have clinical weakness, nor ALS.
I am a lefthander and yet that is my thinner arm. That can happen when you use it more and it is more toned (more muscle, less fat). Differences in size either way between the R/L arms or legs or fingers are very common and do not mean anything if there is not a significant noticeable clinical difference in how you can use them. And even where there is, there is often a simple reason that has nothing to do with ALS. For instance, I have been reading resting my phone against my L thumb. Now the L thumb has been cracking occasionally. That is a sign I need to stop doing that.
In ALS, atrophy comes after the nerves die so weakness generally shows first. You do not have clinical weakness, nor ALS.