Sammantha
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Hi, i have been in and out of this forum for awhile. I have been diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder. My GP basically said that i definetly have something wrong with my motor neurons but she and my neurologist feel that because of my age and my ability to still use my affected muscles makes it difficult to pinpoint what kind of disorder i have at this time. With that being said, i have something that i thought was totally unrealated to ALS. Three years ago i had what i would describe as an esophageal spasm but at the time it felt like a heartack. The ER doc said it was probably costochondritis or a peptic ulcer. I had acid reflux so was prescribed medecine. Two years later i went to my "old" GP because i was having similar chest pain, i had a baruim x-ray done that was normal, so stupidly i stopped taking the medicine and chalked it up to costochondritis. Well all this time i have a continual sore throat and swollen neck lymph nodes and it is not from allergies. I went to the hospital recently because of sever pain in my upper abdomen, they referred me for endoscopy and at the time i had laryngitis. I will have the endoscopy on the 10th. I have had a bitter taste and chest pain for years, but never attributed to heartburn. The ER doc prescribed pain killers and zantac until my endoscopy. As soon as i started the Zantac i developed thrush, well my new GP could not believe it and it was the second time i had it. If my nose is stuffed and i my mouth is tense, i fall asleep and my mouth opens, then i wake up and close it, over and over. That is what happened the last time i got thrush. This only occurs when my allergies act up or i have a cold. She has tested for HIV/AIDs twice! I do not have it! Now she is looking up some other kind of immune problems, after my research of ALS and my new develop into my chest pain and sore throats it all connects? My neurologist does not know of my esophagus problems, i will let him know when i get the results. I guess i will see after my endoscopy......... If anyone has any advice or similar experience please write back. Thanks Sammantha