Cunni035
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This will be my only post in this forum so I am going to say thank you to any responses ahead of time.
About a month ago I started with some bad anxiety over the JJ vaccine and the blood clots. Of course I took the thing and got scared. A few weeks after I noticed my right lat twitching. I was like what on earth. Felt good no issue. Well of course I went down the ALS rabbit hole. This actually isn’t the first time. Back in 2018 I had some other health anxiety and went down the same ALS hole. I’ve had some friends of my dad pass from ALS so it just scares me.
In 2018 I went through the same I just went through. Blood work MRI EMG etc. all seemed normal. Felt good about it. Well damn this right lat twitch in April of 2021 sent me off again.
My GP tested my reflexes. Said I look fine and didn’t visually see anything. He sent me to a Neuro buddy anyways to see if that would help. I did the whole clinical test. Everything on the strength side seemed normal. Walk on my toes, my heels. Was able to hold my arms agaisnt them pulling. My legs. Etc. only had some slightly brisk reflexes.
Did an Nerve study and EMG. The Neruo doing the EMG is a specialist in ALS in my state I live in and sees many ALS patients. My twitches are random for the most part. My lat doesn’t do it anymore. It could be my right calf one min left calf another. Right quad left quad. Left bicep right tricep. Most of them are more like a quick pop than a twitch.
So the Neuro sticks my right leg near my shin and has me do something with me foot. Can’t remember if it was push or pull agaisnt his hand. Next was my right calf. Same thing. Has me basically flex. First two he said were normal. Next my quad. Had to push against his hand. Said it was normal. Stuck my right hand between my thumb and pointer finger. Normal. Stuck my forearm. Normal. Bicep normal and my shoulder normal.
He said he was 100% certain I do not have als. If you all here got the same results would you feel you don’t have ALS and chalk up the twitching to BFS, anxiety, sleep issues, etc? I have had two emg done in the past three years that were normal. I felt good for about 2 weeks but still some random twitching/popping feeing. I don’t feel weak. Still can workout, play golf, etc.
I’m working on my anxiety cause I know it hurts my wife and kid.
Again this will be my only post here no arguing or anything.
Thank you again.
About a month ago I started with some bad anxiety over the JJ vaccine and the blood clots. Of course I took the thing and got scared. A few weeks after I noticed my right lat twitching. I was like what on earth. Felt good no issue. Well of course I went down the ALS rabbit hole. This actually isn’t the first time. Back in 2018 I had some other health anxiety and went down the same ALS hole. I’ve had some friends of my dad pass from ALS so it just scares me.
In 2018 I went through the same I just went through. Blood work MRI EMG etc. all seemed normal. Felt good about it. Well damn this right lat twitch in April of 2021 sent me off again.
My GP tested my reflexes. Said I look fine and didn’t visually see anything. He sent me to a Neuro buddy anyways to see if that would help. I did the whole clinical test. Everything on the strength side seemed normal. Walk on my toes, my heels. Was able to hold my arms agaisnt them pulling. My legs. Etc. only had some slightly brisk reflexes.
Did an Nerve study and EMG. The Neruo doing the EMG is a specialist in ALS in my state I live in and sees many ALS patients. My twitches are random for the most part. My lat doesn’t do it anymore. It could be my right calf one min left calf another. Right quad left quad. Left bicep right tricep. Most of them are more like a quick pop than a twitch.
So the Neuro sticks my right leg near my shin and has me do something with me foot. Can’t remember if it was push or pull agaisnt his hand. Next was my right calf. Same thing. Has me basically flex. First two he said were normal. Next my quad. Had to push against his hand. Said it was normal. Stuck my right hand between my thumb and pointer finger. Normal. Stuck my forearm. Normal. Bicep normal and my shoulder normal.
He said he was 100% certain I do not have als. If you all here got the same results would you feel you don’t have ALS and chalk up the twitching to BFS, anxiety, sleep issues, etc? I have had two emg done in the past three years that were normal. I felt good for about 2 weeks but still some random twitching/popping feeing. I don’t feel weak. Still can workout, play golf, etc.
I’m working on my anxiety cause I know it hurts my wife and kid.
Again this will be my only post here no arguing or anything.
Thank you again.
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