lmk79
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- Aug 28, 2017
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- Learn about ALS
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- TX
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- El Paso
So, I am not here for twitching. I never suspected ALS until my PT mentioned needing to see neurology/ortho for a muscle biopsy.
I tore my gastrocnemius in May. It is not healing. Not responding to PT. I have lost an inch of muscle mass in the last 5 weeks in that calf. I was told Friday there is nothing more PT can do until we know what is really going on. She mentioned ALS and muscular dystrophy as potential things neurology should consider.
When I went the muscle was not pulling away from the tibia, now it is and there is a valley on the front of my leg. There are two large separations where the gastrocnemius was/is/should be. All of the muscle that is visibly left is about an inch and a half wide.
After her asking, I had been stumbling before the tear and fell and scraped my knee in March. No twitching. I am still unsteady and have weakness in that leg.
Could this maybe really be ALS?
I tore my gastrocnemius in May. It is not healing. Not responding to PT. I have lost an inch of muscle mass in the last 5 weeks in that calf. I was told Friday there is nothing more PT can do until we know what is really going on. She mentioned ALS and muscular dystrophy as potential things neurology should consider.
When I went the muscle was not pulling away from the tibia, now it is and there is a valley on the front of my leg. There are two large separations where the gastrocnemius was/is/should be. All of the muscle that is visibly left is about an inch and a half wide.
After her asking, I had been stumbling before the tear and fell and scraped my knee in March. No twitching. I am still unsteady and have weakness in that leg.
Could this maybe really be ALS?