ChaseHil
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- Joined
- Oct 1, 2013
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- Learn about ALS
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- US
- State
- Georgia
- City
- Hoschton
Sorry for the wall of text, thought i would be as thorough as possible.
I went into the ER a few days because the muscles in my legs were so weak i couldnt get up on my own. They did just about every test they could and found nothing but "Proximal muscle weakness" and "Metabolic Acidosis" <--- which they said was from a 2 day juice fast i had been on before i went to the ER. I saw a neurologist before they let me go and she thinks its a "under the medical radar Guillian barre syndrome" and a allergic reaction to some antibiotics such as cephalexin and zithromax i took for strep, which wasnt diagnosed by swab.. the doctor just told me it was strep. They didn't do a EMG test which has me worrying to death its something like pma/als/al/ or some other MND
I feel like my muscles are weightless and my legs and arms are pretty weak i get the occasional tingling throughout my arms/legs, my reflexes are fine and i have no numbness also in certain parts of my body - the front of my neck for example - i get a weird rush type of feeling its hard to describe, its almost like im falling for a split second and then muscles get fairly weak. I also have troubles breathing and staying alseep sometimes, while i was at the ER my breathing symptoms weren't as bad but the nurse at the EOU did say it was diminished. Also I wake up and gasp for air in the middle of the night sometimes. They didn't seem to think this was an issue. I've been getting muscle spasms/twitchs for the past 4 weeks which are sometimes painful sometimes and are more relevant in my left leg. It's been 2 days since i've been to the ER but i don't feel any better, I'm still dizzy as ever and my muscles are still very weak. I'm dizzy and my mind is so foggy i can barely find the words to place into my sentence. My vision can also get blurry and it can be hard to swallow sometimes. I am able to walk around currently, but my breathing randomly gets worse and then better.
Once again sorry for the wall of text, im just so worried i can barely sleep.
I went into the ER a few days because the muscles in my legs were so weak i couldnt get up on my own. They did just about every test they could and found nothing but "Proximal muscle weakness" and "Metabolic Acidosis" <--- which they said was from a 2 day juice fast i had been on before i went to the ER. I saw a neurologist before they let me go and she thinks its a "under the medical radar Guillian barre syndrome" and a allergic reaction to some antibiotics such as cephalexin and zithromax i took for strep, which wasnt diagnosed by swab.. the doctor just told me it was strep. They didn't do a EMG test which has me worrying to death its something like pma/als/al/ or some other MND
I feel like my muscles are weightless and my legs and arms are pretty weak i get the occasional tingling throughout my arms/legs, my reflexes are fine and i have no numbness also in certain parts of my body - the front of my neck for example - i get a weird rush type of feeling its hard to describe, its almost like im falling for a split second and then muscles get fairly weak. I also have troubles breathing and staying alseep sometimes, while i was at the ER my breathing symptoms weren't as bad but the nurse at the EOU did say it was diminished. Also I wake up and gasp for air in the middle of the night sometimes. They didn't seem to think this was an issue. I've been getting muscle spasms/twitchs for the past 4 weeks which are sometimes painful sometimes and are more relevant in my left leg. It's been 2 days since i've been to the ER but i don't feel any better, I'm still dizzy as ever and my muscles are still very weak. I'm dizzy and my mind is so foggy i can barely find the words to place into my sentence. My vision can also get blurry and it can be hard to swallow sometimes. I am able to walk around currently, but my breathing randomly gets worse and then better.
Once again sorry for the wall of text, im just so worried i can barely sleep.