kram
New member
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2012
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- 4
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Country
- US
- State
- Ohio
- City
- Columbus
Hi there, I am leaving the country in about 3 months and I humbly ask for some opinions on my symptoms.
About 3 months ago my right arm started to feel weak when I was driving, and within the next few days it had spread to the right side of my face and leg . This lasted for about a month until the weakness spread to my other leg, other arm and hand, and neck. Soon after that, I started having twitches in my knee and left eyebrow, which has since spread to the rest of my body(hands, feet, arms, legs, abs, face). My face feels as though its being pulled downward and legs feel very heavy.
My right side is slightly weaker than my left yet I have no clinical weakness. After seeing two neuros and having a EMG(showed minimal peripheral neuropathy in lower leg) they both said no to ALS. I had a CT scan of head, MRI of head and neck, and multiple blood tests. I just took a lyme test as well. The only thing that was strange was an elevated liver number.
My concern is that diagnosing ALS takes some time, over months or years. I am aware my age(24) makes me an unlikely candidate but I have not gotten better over the past 3 months. Having been an athlete at one point, I can tell something in my body is not right. Am I crazy to think I have ALS? Having looked at this forum for the past month or so, I respect your opinions so I thought I’d seek a few more opinions before leaving the USA.
About 3 months ago my right arm started to feel weak when I was driving, and within the next few days it had spread to the right side of my face and leg . This lasted for about a month until the weakness spread to my other leg, other arm and hand, and neck. Soon after that, I started having twitches in my knee and left eyebrow, which has since spread to the rest of my body(hands, feet, arms, legs, abs, face). My face feels as though its being pulled downward and legs feel very heavy.
My right side is slightly weaker than my left yet I have no clinical weakness. After seeing two neuros and having a EMG(showed minimal peripheral neuropathy in lower leg) they both said no to ALS. I had a CT scan of head, MRI of head and neck, and multiple blood tests. I just took a lyme test as well. The only thing that was strange was an elevated liver number.
My concern is that diagnosing ALS takes some time, over months or years. I am aware my age(24) makes me an unlikely candidate but I have not gotten better over the past 3 months. Having been an athlete at one point, I can tell something in my body is not right. Am I crazy to think I have ALS? Having looked at this forum for the past month or so, I respect your opinions so I thought I’d seek a few more opinions before leaving the USA.