Hope1935
Member
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2011
- Messages
- 17
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Country
- US
- State
- Oklahoma
- City
- Western
Hello,
I'm needing some answers from anyone who could help me out in any way. I have a very active family member who up until 6 months ago was in good health over all. She is age 76 and has worked 40+ hours a week up until the last few months. She has extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, chokes during meals, slurred speech, and can't do many of the daily activities she could do a few months ago. We have been seeing a neurologist and have had a series of blood tests done, an emg?, bone scan, MRI, etc. We saw a specialist who said he suspects that it's a Mortor Neuron Disease. We are having to wait three weeks before the next text, but I'm worried her strength may not last that long. She is now having to use a walker and can only work a couple of hours. She becomes very shaky, her voice becomes more slurred throughout the day, and she seems to have some problems with her fine motor skills. She complains that it hurts to hold her head up so has gotten to the point where she holds her head down. I have also noticed some excess salvia. Her doctor said her tongue has loss muscle mass and she couldn't bring it up to the roof of her mouth. Just wondering if it likely to get the ASL diagnosed or if there is other diseases that fit these as well. Thanks for all the help.
I'm needing some answers from anyone who could help me out in any way. I have a very active family member who up until 6 months ago was in good health over all. She is age 76 and has worked 40+ hours a week up until the last few months. She has extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, chokes during meals, slurred speech, and can't do many of the daily activities she could do a few months ago. We have been seeing a neurologist and have had a series of blood tests done, an emg?, bone scan, MRI, etc. We saw a specialist who said he suspects that it's a Mortor Neuron Disease. We are having to wait three weeks before the next text, but I'm worried her strength may not last that long. She is now having to use a walker and can only work a couple of hours. She becomes very shaky, her voice becomes more slurred throughout the day, and she seems to have some problems with her fine motor skills. She complains that it hurts to hold her head up so has gotten to the point where she holds her head down. I have also noticed some excess salvia. Her doctor said her tongue has loss muscle mass and she couldn't bring it up to the roof of her mouth. Just wondering if it likely to get the ASL diagnosed or if there is other diseases that fit these as well. Thanks for all the help.