Nickola
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- Aug 22, 2014
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- Learn about ALS
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- CA
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- Quebeq
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- Montreal
Default I think i got ALS.HELP PLEASE!
Hi my name is Nick and i am new to the forums.
So,long story short,5 months ago i started experiencing an awkward walking,(never had issues with walking or running,even after long distances).
Then,as months were passing,i started feeling weakness to the RIGHT side of my body.Heavy weak arm(as putting the cigarrete in my mouth feels weird,as the smoke is heavy),not impossible,but feels hard to do it.Started losing balance in my right foot(feels like i cant walk with my toes anymore).I never had a fall though,but its just getting worse and worse.If you put me to walk in a straight line,i will do it,but i have to focus,or else automatically if i walk,i keep walking in a right side like i am going rightwards and fall into a wall for example.My moves have became jerky,if you know what i mean,clumsy with lack of coordination,not normal,like moves you see from a drunk guy.Lately i experience shortness of breathe(like my right lung is not getting enough air,like i dont have enough air to pronounce a long sentence and my speech became slurry and my voice heavy.When i swallow anything,even my saliva,feels like everything is going down to the left side of my throat(the unaffected side).I don`t have any difficulties swalloing any kind of food yet,i don`t cough or getting choked as well.
The last days,typing in my keyboard has became difficult as well,my right fingers feel uncomortable when i do and i misstype a lot,as long as i am typing much slower(i was always typing clear and fast on my keyboard).I feel permament diziness and fatigue and my vision is not like it used to be,normal.The last two months i experience a lot of twitching in random parts of my right side of my body(especially when i go to bed and when i wake up and i am still in bed).
I can still do all the moves that my left side of my body does,but i do them 10-20% slower on my right side.
Untill now i went to a neurologist,and he had some tests done to me(you know balance and close eyes and touch your nose things and everything came out clear.Ct scan of my brain and MRI,all clear,but i`ve done a lot of research and homework about ALS and saw that MRI or Ct scan can not point that decease.I am freaked out,i am only 25 years old and i have dreams of my future,that a deadly desease may destroy everything,as long as affect my loved ones lives
I am very scared that i am in early stages of ALS as it`s only 5-6 months now and things are getting worse.
I know you are not goctors or gods guys,but based on your experience,whats your opinion ?
Hi my name is Nick and i am new to the forums.
So,long story short,5 months ago i started experiencing an awkward walking,(never had issues with walking or running,even after long distances).
Then,as months were passing,i started feeling weakness to the RIGHT side of my body.Heavy weak arm(as putting the cigarrete in my mouth feels weird,as the smoke is heavy),not impossible,but feels hard to do it.Started losing balance in my right foot(feels like i cant walk with my toes anymore).I never had a fall though,but its just getting worse and worse.If you put me to walk in a straight line,i will do it,but i have to focus,or else automatically if i walk,i keep walking in a right side like i am going rightwards and fall into a wall for example.My moves have became jerky,if you know what i mean,clumsy with lack of coordination,not normal,like moves you see from a drunk guy.Lately i experience shortness of breathe(like my right lung is not getting enough air,like i dont have enough air to pronounce a long sentence and my speech became slurry and my voice heavy.When i swallow anything,even my saliva,feels like everything is going down to the left side of my throat(the unaffected side).I don`t have any difficulties swalloing any kind of food yet,i don`t cough or getting choked as well.
The last days,typing in my keyboard has became difficult as well,my right fingers feel uncomortable when i do and i misstype a lot,as long as i am typing much slower(i was always typing clear and fast on my keyboard).I feel permament diziness and fatigue and my vision is not like it used to be,normal.The last two months i experience a lot of twitching in random parts of my right side of my body(especially when i go to bed and when i wake up and i am still in bed).
I can still do all the moves that my left side of my body does,but i do them 10-20% slower on my right side.
Untill now i went to a neurologist,and he had some tests done to me(you know balance and close eyes and touch your nose things and everything came out clear.Ct scan of my brain and MRI,all clear,but i`ve done a lot of research and homework about ALS and saw that MRI or Ct scan can not point that decease.I am freaked out,i am only 25 years old and i have dreams of my future,that a deadly desease may destroy everything,as long as affect my loved ones lives
I am very scared that i am in early stages of ALS as it`s only 5-6 months now and things are getting worse.
I know you are not goctors or gods guys,but based on your experience,whats your opinion ?