what does atrophy look like and yeah! I have a neuro appointment!
I hope, hope, hope I do not have ALS but this is the place where I feel I am understood right now. I hope you do not consider me a nuisance
At my husband's insistence we faxed my symptoms to his neuro-surgeon (he's had two disc operations) and his doc called me the next day. He told me that waiting to get into UAB to see the neuro muscular dude could take too long and he wanted to get me in with someone within the week. I was quite surprised. An hour later the guy he highly recommended called and I have an appointment for Wednesday so this is GREAT news. I actually started crying. I have been crying so easily lately. It's VERY embarassing. I am not typically a crier.
Yesterday I cleaned...or I should say I tried to clean. It was almost impossible to do anything for very long. I kept stopping and taking breaks. My left arm and leg were not cooperating. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING! I am young, right? I am not overweight. I am not lazy. I have so much to do, so much I WANT to do.
Question: what does atrophy start out looking like? My right thigh has a huge area that looks like it's caving and feels like a hill, valley, hill when I run my hand over it.
So, zaphoon will "get" this:
x-ray-clear, alright, that was expected...
MRI-clear, aw shucks, thought it would be disc that could be fixed
bone scan-clear, aw shucks?
At what point do I put a photo on here? I really don't want to be diagnosed with ALS but I feel like I've found a support group for my symptoms, does that make sense?
I hope, hope, hope I do not have ALS but this is the place where I feel I am understood right now. I hope you do not consider me a nuisance
At my husband's insistence we faxed my symptoms to his neuro-surgeon (he's had two disc operations) and his doc called me the next day. He told me that waiting to get into UAB to see the neuro muscular dude could take too long and he wanted to get me in with someone within the week. I was quite surprised. An hour later the guy he highly recommended called and I have an appointment for Wednesday so this is GREAT news. I actually started crying. I have been crying so easily lately. It's VERY embarassing. I am not typically a crier.
Yesterday I cleaned...or I should say I tried to clean. It was almost impossible to do anything for very long. I kept stopping and taking breaks. My left arm and leg were not cooperating. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING! I am young, right? I am not overweight. I am not lazy. I have so much to do, so much I WANT to do.
Question: what does atrophy start out looking like? My right thigh has a huge area that looks like it's caving and feels like a hill, valley, hill when I run my hand over it.
So, zaphoon will "get" this:
x-ray-clear, alright, that was expected...
MRI-clear, aw shucks, thought it would be disc that could be fixed
bone scan-clear, aw shucks?
At what point do I put a photo on here? I really don't want to be diagnosed with ALS but I feel like I've found a support group for my symptoms, does that make sense?
