Hello everyone I am new to this forum, I would just like to go through the myriad of symptoms I have experienced during the past six months, something everyday with ALS-ish ones more recently. Hope it is no too long winded. I would love some feedback:
Back in May: persistant chest pains with radiating back stuff. Naturally I had all the cardiac tests which were all good. This lasted up until early July, everyday. Energy levels were good.
Early July: tingling in chin, throat, left side of face.
Mid July: chest pains went, tingling spread to left hand and arm. I went back to ER thinking it was a stroke, once again everything was good. My GP at this stage raised the question of neurology.
Late July: tingling now in my feet
Early August: started to get slight numbness in hands and feet, particularly in my heels, in fact it was a soreness there. Chest pain gone, however I still had some upper back pain.
Mid August: terrible fatigue set it, legs like jelly, had to sit down for half-hour at a time just to get going again. Tingling continued apace, leg muscles felt weak. My GP raised the idea of MS. At this stage I had a cat scan of spine, bloodwork, all of which cleared up many question.
Early Sep: Had brain MRI which showed no signs of MS lesions. Of course I was elated.
Mid Sep: Fatigue had eased, tingling still there but less of it, however muscle fatigue and tiredness evident. Started to get foot cramps, on instep.
Sep to now: Reasonably good energy levels, tingling has eased to almost nothing although it is still there in my hands at night occasionaly. Muscle cramps worse, in shins, calves, feet, occasionally forearms. Muscle twtiching started about 6 wks ago in calves, upper arms and occasionally torso. Muscles in my forearms and thighs and calves very tired and fatigued. Overall limb strength is still good.
So you can see the odd progression of symptoms, the latter ones smacking of ALS which of course really concerns me. I go from thinking fibro, MS to ALS all in one day.
Has anyone seen this progression with ALS before ? What do listers think ?
Regards,
Jellore
Back in May: persistant chest pains with radiating back stuff. Naturally I had all the cardiac tests which were all good. This lasted up until early July, everyday. Energy levels were good.
Early July: tingling in chin, throat, left side of face.
Mid July: chest pains went, tingling spread to left hand and arm. I went back to ER thinking it was a stroke, once again everything was good. My GP at this stage raised the question of neurology.
Late July: tingling now in my feet
Early August: started to get slight numbness in hands and feet, particularly in my heels, in fact it was a soreness there. Chest pain gone, however I still had some upper back pain.
Mid August: terrible fatigue set it, legs like jelly, had to sit down for half-hour at a time just to get going again. Tingling continued apace, leg muscles felt weak. My GP raised the idea of MS. At this stage I had a cat scan of spine, bloodwork, all of which cleared up many question.
Early Sep: Had brain MRI which showed no signs of MS lesions. Of course I was elated.
Mid Sep: Fatigue had eased, tingling still there but less of it, however muscle fatigue and tiredness evident. Started to get foot cramps, on instep.
Sep to now: Reasonably good energy levels, tingling has eased to almost nothing although it is still there in my hands at night occasionaly. Muscle cramps worse, in shins, calves, feet, occasionally forearms. Muscle twtiching started about 6 wks ago in calves, upper arms and occasionally torso. Muscles in my forearms and thighs and calves very tired and fatigued. Overall limb strength is still good.
So you can see the odd progression of symptoms, the latter ones smacking of ALS which of course really concerns me. I go from thinking fibro, MS to ALS all in one day.
Has anyone seen this progression with ALS before ? What do listers think ?
Regards,
Jellore
