Gb84
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Hello everyone, my name is Greg. My heart goes out to everyone who has been afflicted with this disease and my thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Also, I want to thank everyone for giving g your time and efforts on posts such as ‘Do I Have Als’ your time and effort is greatly appreciated.
I am 34 years old, male, no history of ALS in my family. I am very active and weight train daily. My symptoms began about a month ago ( that were glaringly obvious) and thinking back there were other things in the past year I will briefly mention.
1. Twitching in mostly my legs but also upper back and shoulders while rest. This began about a month ago and has not quit. You can visibly see the twitches sometimes in my legs.
2. More cramping and muscle soreness. I am getting sore more easily in most muscles, especially calves and quads without expending much exertion. I just started a new workout program but I dropped all of my weights down when I started so not lifting nearly as heavy as I was the past few months.
3. Dull aches and pain in my mid and upper back and sometimes neck. This comes and goes but it it almost daily at different times of day. Not excruciating maybe 3 out of 10.
4. Shortness of breath: I’ve noticed on several occasions in the past 2 weeks I have gotten short of breath while talking to someone while standing or walking. However, I walked the stair master at the gym yesterday for 15 minutes with no hand support and road the stationary bike for 10 minutes and was totally fine. I also do not have trouble breathing laying on my back and no heavy chest.
5. Consistent cough: I have had a cough for 3 months and voice is getting hoarse. I also seem to be stuttering a bit more often when I speak.
6. Fumbly fingers: I noticed yesterday I was having some trouble typing on the computer. My fingers on both hands seem jerky. Sometimes I hit keys too soft and other times I double hit a key. This carried over into today and is really freaking me out because I am a good typist I really have to concentrate hard now not to make any errors ( and I still do even when typing slowly) loss of coordination? As my fingers are quite jerky even when trying to type slow. I also seem to just miss grabbing cabinet drawer handles and other things of that nature more often like a lack of coordination or something.
7. Weakness in right arm: I noticed over the past 2 weeks my right shoulder gets tired much easier like when I comb my hair. Also my right pinky feels really fumbly, odd, and weak compared to the other.
8. Misc: my legs have felt stiff when walking since sometime last year most days. I noticed while sitting on the stationary bike I feel more off balance in my legs and but even while holding on to the handles. I have not run in years. While trying run on a tread mill, I feel extremely off balance. I can jog a light pace but almost trip when I begin to run. I have not fallen, dropped anything, or experienced slurred speech.
9. Medical tests: I have seen my GP. He says this does not sound like ALS but referred me to a neurologist I will see may 14. All blood work normal, brain MRI normal, chest X-ray normal.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Please be gentle, I’m really scared. Thank you for taking the time to read.
I am 34 years old, male, no history of ALS in my family. I am very active and weight train daily. My symptoms began about a month ago ( that were glaringly obvious) and thinking back there were other things in the past year I will briefly mention.
1. Twitching in mostly my legs but also upper back and shoulders while rest. This began about a month ago and has not quit. You can visibly see the twitches sometimes in my legs.
2. More cramping and muscle soreness. I am getting sore more easily in most muscles, especially calves and quads without expending much exertion. I just started a new workout program but I dropped all of my weights down when I started so not lifting nearly as heavy as I was the past few months.
3. Dull aches and pain in my mid and upper back and sometimes neck. This comes and goes but it it almost daily at different times of day. Not excruciating maybe 3 out of 10.
4. Shortness of breath: I’ve noticed on several occasions in the past 2 weeks I have gotten short of breath while talking to someone while standing or walking. However, I walked the stair master at the gym yesterday for 15 minutes with no hand support and road the stationary bike for 10 minutes and was totally fine. I also do not have trouble breathing laying on my back and no heavy chest.
5. Consistent cough: I have had a cough for 3 months and voice is getting hoarse. I also seem to be stuttering a bit more often when I speak.
6. Fumbly fingers: I noticed yesterday I was having some trouble typing on the computer. My fingers on both hands seem jerky. Sometimes I hit keys too soft and other times I double hit a key. This carried over into today and is really freaking me out because I am a good typist I really have to concentrate hard now not to make any errors ( and I still do even when typing slowly) loss of coordination? As my fingers are quite jerky even when trying to type slow. I also seem to just miss grabbing cabinet drawer handles and other things of that nature more often like a lack of coordination or something.
7. Weakness in right arm: I noticed over the past 2 weeks my right shoulder gets tired much easier like when I comb my hair. Also my right pinky feels really fumbly, odd, and weak compared to the other.
8. Misc: my legs have felt stiff when walking since sometime last year most days. I noticed while sitting on the stationary bike I feel more off balance in my legs and but even while holding on to the handles. I have not run in years. While trying run on a tread mill, I feel extremely off balance. I can jog a light pace but almost trip when I begin to run. I have not fallen, dropped anything, or experienced slurred speech.
9. Medical tests: I have seen my GP. He says this does not sound like ALS but referred me to a neurologist I will see may 14. All blood work normal, brain MRI normal, chest X-ray normal.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Please be gentle, I’m really scared. Thank you for taking the time to read.