Jessicamitche11
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Good evening and thank you for this forum,
I am recently concerned I could have als. As a mother of two young kids, I’m terrified.
In August of this year, I began having numbness/tingling down my left arm into my hand as well as down my left leg and on my left cheek. I had been lifting weights so chalked it up to a pinched nerve or other injury from that. I stopped all weightlifting. I have yet to start back but have done cardio since. Last week, I started back with all of the same symptoms on the left side. What has me concerned and panicked is the fact that I now feel my hands are weak. BOTH hands. My right hand (dominant hand) is really struggling. Im having trouble writing, braiding my daughters hair, putting lids on cups, zipping, tying shoes, etc. My hands basically feel like they are getting stuck when I go to use them. Like I can start the task and then they get stiff or just fail. I hope that makes sense. I have read so much about weakness being the first sign (even if not a failure) that it has me concerned. I went to a neuro today who basically used my age and a very basic test (did babinski (negative), made me walk in straight line, tip toes and heel, had me squeeze fingers and follow light, hold arms out with eyes closed) and that’s about it. My husband described him as “a grumpy old man.” I feel he didn’t take my hand issues seriously. He did schedule me for an mri and an emg/nerve conduction. My questions are:
does anyone have a similar story?
would a pinched nerve show up on mri and cause an abnormal emg?
I am recently concerned I could have als. As a mother of two young kids, I’m terrified.
In August of this year, I began having numbness/tingling down my left arm into my hand as well as down my left leg and on my left cheek. I had been lifting weights so chalked it up to a pinched nerve or other injury from that. I stopped all weightlifting. I have yet to start back but have done cardio since. Last week, I started back with all of the same symptoms on the left side. What has me concerned and panicked is the fact that I now feel my hands are weak. BOTH hands. My right hand (dominant hand) is really struggling. Im having trouble writing, braiding my daughters hair, putting lids on cups, zipping, tying shoes, etc. My hands basically feel like they are getting stuck when I go to use them. Like I can start the task and then they get stiff or just fail. I hope that makes sense. I have read so much about weakness being the first sign (even if not a failure) that it has me concerned. I went to a neuro today who basically used my age and a very basic test (did babinski (negative), made me walk in straight line, tip toes and heel, had me squeeze fingers and follow light, hold arms out with eyes closed) and that’s about it. My husband described him as “a grumpy old man.” I feel he didn’t take my hand issues seriously. He did schedule me for an mri and an emg/nerve conduction. My questions are:
does anyone have a similar story?
would a pinched nerve show up on mri and cause an abnormal emg?