Coulterjl21
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Im new to this blog! My father may have ALS or a form of MND. It started with slurred speech about three months ago believing he had a stroke we went to the hospital. They first said frontal lobe syndrome because of some brain damage visible on the mri from 40 years ago. However, the speech therapists immediately referred him to a new neurologist because she immediately noticed that was incorrect from just looking at the noticeable nerve damage and muscle reactions in his face. They are leaning towards ALS or MND. Now over the past few weeks, his speech is getting very very slurred and he is starting to have trouble eating without choking or gagging. He has dropped two dishes and a tub of butter over the past two weeks while carrying the items and he claims that they just slipped out of his hand. We have 4 women in our family that have passed away from ALS. 2 of his great aunts and 2 great great aunts on his mothers side. My aunt, his sister has Parkinsons, another sister of his passed away at 32 years old from a brain anyeurism and his mother had passed away from Alzheimers. Please I need answers, Im a strong man, former US Marine, and current Firefighter but I am losing all control of myself. What does this sound like and with those things proggressing in just a few weeks, what would be a reasonable prognosis of his near future?