Debd4l
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Hi,
Glad to find this community looking for some info in regards to my symptoms. Hoping you all can provide some advice..
I am 40 yr old female in relatively good health. Starting about 4 or 5 weeks ago I had a sinus infection it cleared up and I went on vacation with my family. We were walking quite a bit and at the end of the day I had a second where it felt like my lower legs were not there! I did not fall and kept walking. After that I noticed I was pretty tired for the next day or two and I also had a coreneal ulcer on my eye. We came back home and I noticed my left hand was weak. I had trouble typing or holding a utensil. That went away and then I got perioribital cellulitis (bad eye infection) and a cold. I started taking clindamyacin and then My legs started to feel weak and I just started to feel terrible. Have now noticed some weakness in my arms and also muscle spasms kind of all over. Now I am done with the medicine and have another cold already and my legs are still weak although I can pick them up a bit better. Still having the muscle twitching in random places in addition to the weakness. My doctor has done a CK test it was normal. They just did an MRI yesterday and it came back normal except for the sinusitis from my cold that showed up. I have an appt scheduled now with a Neurologist but they cannot get me in until mid May. I have read some of the threads on here and I am not sure what this could be. I think my Dr. thought maybe MS but since my MRI of brain was normal maybe not. It sounds a little like ALS but not quite? Would it really progress in the period of two weeks to involve both legs and arms? Would my hand not work and then now work again for two weeks? Would the muscle twitches be all over? Also, although I have weakness in both legs I do not have foot drop etc. A week ago I passed the basic neuro exam my Dr. gave me like walk on your tippy toes and heels etc. But yet, my legs sometimes feel heavy. Thanks if you made it this far. I am just not sure what is going on all the sudden with my body
Glad to find this community looking for some info in regards to my symptoms. Hoping you all can provide some advice..
I am 40 yr old female in relatively good health. Starting about 4 or 5 weeks ago I had a sinus infection it cleared up and I went on vacation with my family. We were walking quite a bit and at the end of the day I had a second where it felt like my lower legs were not there! I did not fall and kept walking. After that I noticed I was pretty tired for the next day or two and I also had a coreneal ulcer on my eye. We came back home and I noticed my left hand was weak. I had trouble typing or holding a utensil. That went away and then I got perioribital cellulitis (bad eye infection) and a cold. I started taking clindamyacin and then My legs started to feel weak and I just started to feel terrible. Have now noticed some weakness in my arms and also muscle spasms kind of all over. Now I am done with the medicine and have another cold already and my legs are still weak although I can pick them up a bit better. Still having the muscle twitching in random places in addition to the weakness. My doctor has done a CK test it was normal. They just did an MRI yesterday and it came back normal except for the sinusitis from my cold that showed up. I have an appt scheduled now with a Neurologist but they cannot get me in until mid May. I have read some of the threads on here and I am not sure what this could be. I think my Dr. thought maybe MS but since my MRI of brain was normal maybe not. It sounds a little like ALS but not quite? Would it really progress in the period of two weeks to involve both legs and arms? Would my hand not work and then now work again for two weeks? Would the muscle twitches be all over? Also, although I have weakness in both legs I do not have foot drop etc. A week ago I passed the basic neuro exam my Dr. gave me like walk on your tippy toes and heels etc. But yet, my legs sometimes feel heavy. Thanks if you made it this far. I am just not sure what is going on all the sudden with my body