Craigy84
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- Joined
- Apr 8, 2021
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- Reason
- Learn about ALS
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- Country
- UK
Worried:
Hi in 2014 my father past away with ALS. We are unsure about any other ALS in the family, due to fact my dad wasn’t close with his family. His father died suddenly when he was young but we don’t know what of. Watching my dad battle this illness was probley the worse thing I have experienced in my life and I have so much respect for every single one of use battling this horrible illness. I am 36 years old and serve in the military currently as a combat medic. About 3 weeks ago I started to experience what felt like muscle spasms in arms . I had experience this about 3 years before hand and a few times after this but every time these disappeared. This time however my symptoms is worse I have the muscle spasms . I have also been experiencing a what feels like burning in my muscles , the other day the muscle between my thumb and index finger (abductor pollucis transversus) felt like it was stiff and numb. I also went to dinner the same night and was struggling to hold my knife and fork it was like my distal phalanges were locking and I couldn’t hold them properly this has since went back to normal but I have had numbness in my arms which changes from one arm to the other. I also today have had noticed that the muscle in my right forearm has been twitching and hasn’t really stopped. Dnt know about atrophy as it’s hard to tell on yourself. I am worried and know there a chance als can run in the family. I also concerned as I have a young family who I support and also Don’t know how my family will cope if I was diagnosed such a short time after my father. I know you all get this post all the time but as a medial professional I know somethings not right. I know use are suffers or care givers to people with als but I Dnt know how to talk to my partner or my family about this or my work as I am the kind of person that bottles things up and do and dosnt like to show how I feel. Also if I tell my work it will probley mean me being thrown out the military. Am sorry to bother use amazing people but I really am at my whitts end with worry
Hi in 2014 my father past away with ALS. We are unsure about any other ALS in the family, due to fact my dad wasn’t close with his family. His father died suddenly when he was young but we don’t know what of. Watching my dad battle this illness was probley the worse thing I have experienced in my life and I have so much respect for every single one of use battling this horrible illness. I am 36 years old and serve in the military currently as a combat medic. About 3 weeks ago I started to experience what felt like muscle spasms in arms . I had experience this about 3 years before hand and a few times after this but every time these disappeared. This time however my symptoms is worse I have the muscle spasms . I have also been experiencing a what feels like burning in my muscles , the other day the muscle between my thumb and index finger (abductor pollucis transversus) felt like it was stiff and numb. I also went to dinner the same night and was struggling to hold my knife and fork it was like my distal phalanges were locking and I couldn’t hold them properly this has since went back to normal but I have had numbness in my arms which changes from one arm to the other. I also today have had noticed that the muscle in my right forearm has been twitching and hasn’t really stopped. Dnt know about atrophy as it’s hard to tell on yourself. I am worried and know there a chance als can run in the family. I also concerned as I have a young family who I support and also Don’t know how my family will cope if I was diagnosed such a short time after my father. I know you all get this post all the time but as a medial professional I know somethings not right. I know use are suffers or care givers to people with als but I Dnt know how to talk to my partner or my family about this or my work as I am the kind of person that bottles things up and do and dosnt like to show how I feel. Also if I tell my work it will probley mean me being thrown out the military. Am sorry to bother use amazing people but I really am at my whitts end with worry