piperanne
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I'm new and I know you guys hear all this time and time again! I'm sorry, but I have to get this off my chest.
About a month and a half ago I started experiencing a heavy feeling on the left side of my face. I could move my mouth, cheeks, eyes, etc.......just the feeling of heaviness. It would go and come . I started worrying about it because I googled it and pointed to a stroke. I'm 33 years old, so I was reluctant, but went to the hospital. I wasn't having a stroke, but they said my left eye and lip was slightly drooping. They did a CT scan, Lung xray, and bloodtest. Everything came out great he said. He felt that it was a slight case of Bell's Palsy and it would correct itself. Well the next day it didn't happen, the next day after that it did. It doesn't last all day. I went to my nuerologist and he said that if it were Bell's it would be a very mild case. He made me do a bunch of things like touch his nose, balance, etc. I felt as if I failed because I was so wobbly when balancing. I mean c'mon, I'm a little over weight and haven't done that since I was a kid. He wanted me to go get an MRI of the brain. Then to see him back in 3 weeks. One of his suspicions was "MS". I had it done and the person performing it said to me "Don't even worry about it because it looked good." So that relieved me, but I started having panic attacks because still my left hands tingle sometimes as well as my foot and leg. It isn't a constant tingle, but it does sometimes. In fact sometimes I feel as if I tingle everywhere. My left leg and arm feel weird. There is no explaining it except almost heavy. My walking hasn't changed. I can lift everything with my left arm as I can with the right arm. I wonder if I sleep on it maybe? I am having twitches, but just a few .......I mean I thought muscle twitcher were normal? I've had spasms all my life and never thought a thing about them until now. A few times I'm chewing bread or chocolate and my tongue feels tired. It feels like I'm going to slur my speech , but I speak normal. I don't know if this is anxiety doing this to me..........I suffer from awful anxiety. I am so scared of this disease. Does any of this seem like als? When speaking of weakness, how weak are we talking? I can balance on each leg, hold my arms up above my arms, do the heal down and up the shin test. When using my left arm, my muscle seems a little more worn out while doing it. But I don't excercise either. I have a one year old whom I can pick up and hold with no problem. Please ease my mind. I won't see (doctor) him for two weeks
About a month and a half ago I started experiencing a heavy feeling on the left side of my face. I could move my mouth, cheeks, eyes, etc.......just the feeling of heaviness. It would go and come . I started worrying about it because I googled it and pointed to a stroke. I'm 33 years old, so I was reluctant, but went to the hospital. I wasn't having a stroke, but they said my left eye and lip was slightly drooping. They did a CT scan, Lung xray, and bloodtest. Everything came out great he said. He felt that it was a slight case of Bell's Palsy and it would correct itself. Well the next day it didn't happen, the next day after that it did. It doesn't last all day. I went to my nuerologist and he said that if it were Bell's it would be a very mild case. He made me do a bunch of things like touch his nose, balance, etc. I felt as if I failed because I was so wobbly when balancing. I mean c'mon, I'm a little over weight and haven't done that since I was a kid. He wanted me to go get an MRI of the brain. Then to see him back in 3 weeks. One of his suspicions was "MS". I had it done and the person performing it said to me "Don't even worry about it because it looked good." So that relieved me, but I started having panic attacks because still my left hands tingle sometimes as well as my foot and leg. It isn't a constant tingle, but it does sometimes. In fact sometimes I feel as if I tingle everywhere. My left leg and arm feel weird. There is no explaining it except almost heavy. My walking hasn't changed. I can lift everything with my left arm as I can with the right arm. I wonder if I sleep on it maybe? I am having twitches, but just a few .......I mean I thought muscle twitcher were normal? I've had spasms all my life and never thought a thing about them until now. A few times I'm chewing bread or chocolate and my tongue feels tired. It feels like I'm going to slur my speech , but I speak normal. I don't know if this is anxiety doing this to me..........I suffer from awful anxiety. I am so scared of this disease. Does any of this seem like als? When speaking of weakness, how weak are we talking? I can balance on each leg, hold my arms up above my arms, do the heal down and up the shin test. When using my left arm, my muscle seems a little more worn out while doing it. But I don't excercise either. I have a one year old whom I can pick up and hold with no problem. Please ease my mind. I won't see (doctor) him for two weeks
