mdf3254
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Hello,
I'm not sure I can get PM's - so I apologize to Wright if this is a duplicate:
I have been going to various Dr's for awhile trying to figure out what my problem is.. here are my symptoms:
About 6 months ago I started having night sweats... no other symptoms... I went to my GP who sent me to an onc because he felt my lymph nodes were enlarged under my arm (fearing lymphoma of some type).
So, CT Scan and PET scan negative.. no cancer can be seen. For the last 2 months, the night sweats have subsided but I have some other strange symptoms...
I have a twitch in my right thigh. I also have a dent in my thigh muscle that I don't have in my other leg. The muscle overall seems smaller slightly when I compare the muscle ridges to my other leg.
I have no weakness in the leg - I run regularly.
My right arm is "tight" and slightly enlarged - my bicep muscle is tight and so is my forearm(swollen is too big a word for what is going on). My knuckles are swollen and my hand is sore along my thumb bone - the skin between my thumb and forefinger is swollen. My arm feels heavy to me.
My feet (both of them) are slightly swollen in the arch.
It's the muscle twitch and dent that led me here as I'm trying to find a reason for my problems...
I'm more worried about my arm and the upper neuron symptom of tightness than my leg as I have no weakness.
You think ALS be any stretch of the imagination?
Thanks in advance for your response.
Worried,
Bob
I'm not sure I can get PM's - so I apologize to Wright if this is a duplicate:
I have been going to various Dr's for awhile trying to figure out what my problem is.. here are my symptoms:
About 6 months ago I started having night sweats... no other symptoms... I went to my GP who sent me to an onc because he felt my lymph nodes were enlarged under my arm (fearing lymphoma of some type).
So, CT Scan and PET scan negative.. no cancer can be seen. For the last 2 months, the night sweats have subsided but I have some other strange symptoms...
I have a twitch in my right thigh. I also have a dent in my thigh muscle that I don't have in my other leg. The muscle overall seems smaller slightly when I compare the muscle ridges to my other leg.
I have no weakness in the leg - I run regularly.
My right arm is "tight" and slightly enlarged - my bicep muscle is tight and so is my forearm(swollen is too big a word for what is going on). My knuckles are swollen and my hand is sore along my thumb bone - the skin between my thumb and forefinger is swollen. My arm feels heavy to me.
My feet (both of them) are slightly swollen in the arch.
It's the muscle twitch and dent that led me here as I'm trying to find a reason for my problems...
I'm more worried about my arm and the upper neuron symptom of tightness than my leg as I have no weakness.
You think ALS be any stretch of the imagination?
Thanks in advance for your response.
Worried,
Bob