KTurl
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- Kansas City
Hello,
My dad has just started doing some tests after meeting with a Neurologist last week because she thinks he may have ALS. It will all come together next week on Wed. Apr. 3rd when we go for an EMG. This week he has seen an ENT (I believe just to rule out that he has any growths or tumors, etc) and he will go for a spinal MRI on Thurs.
His symptoms started off in a weird way to us and he began having the slurred/nasal speech and problems swallowing just in Dec. while he was in the hospital for a hematoma. We all thought he was just having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic he was taking. Fast forward to today and his speech is getting worse and he can barely keep any food down. Hearing that there is a possibility of ALS has been a shock as we thought it was something minor like an allergic reaction.
Anyways, I have been reading through the forums before I actually joined today and I have to say that I am so appreciative to read that others are feeling the same way and going through the same things. I truly appreciate everyone taking the time to share their experiences and to offer the support that I have seen on here. Of course we still have our fingers crossed that it isn't ALS but as the days go by it gets harder and harder to think that it could be anything else.
I will let you know what we find out on the 3rd!
Thanks so much!
My dad has just started doing some tests after meeting with a Neurologist last week because she thinks he may have ALS. It will all come together next week on Wed. Apr. 3rd when we go for an EMG. This week he has seen an ENT (I believe just to rule out that he has any growths or tumors, etc) and he will go for a spinal MRI on Thurs.
His symptoms started off in a weird way to us and he began having the slurred/nasal speech and problems swallowing just in Dec. while he was in the hospital for a hematoma. We all thought he was just having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic he was taking. Fast forward to today and his speech is getting worse and he can barely keep any food down. Hearing that there is a possibility of ALS has been a shock as we thought it was something minor like an allergic reaction.
Anyways, I have been reading through the forums before I actually joined today and I have to say that I am so appreciative to read that others are feeling the same way and going through the same things. I truly appreciate everyone taking the time to share their experiences and to offer the support that I have seen on here. Of course we still have our fingers crossed that it isn't ALS but as the days go by it gets harder and harder to think that it could be anything else.
I will let you know what we find out on the 3rd!
Thanks so much!