jamesb
15-12-08, 20:40
First post...........
Beginning four weeks ago I began to feel a CONSIDERABLE amount of weakness in my left leg when walking. No pain, just weakness appearing in the left ankle. During this time I have developed mild muscle twitches in various parts of my left calf and especially my left ankle when I am driving or sitting. I cannot see the twitches, but feel them pressing against my paints (especially when I am driving or sitting/working on my computer). I also have noticed that the leg is cramping often in the calfs, although there is no localized pain which I can find, just considerable weakness. I have a very physical job and have taken multiple days off do to the fairly severe weakness which I am feeling. I also notice that the bones in my leg appear to be snaping when I make sudden movements ot even bend down to grab something. This is severly effecting my life as I feel that this can be nothing other then ALS as I appear to have many of the early symptoms of the disease. I am very anxious about this and just want to feel normal again!!
IN SOMEWHAT POSTIVE NEWS:
Last week I met with a neruo who gave me a complete evaluation. I told him that I had serious concerns about this (especially ALS worries) and he told me that "in his opinion I did not have ALS". He did not tell me what could be causing the "weakness" and percieved balance issues though and my symptoms appear to have gotten worse. I have EMG scheduled for the middle of January, although I had to nearly beg him to do one. I dont understand how a NEURO could not notice anything, when I KNOW there is something wrong with my left leg.
I am 22 years old, able to still life the same amount of weight with my legs while also able to run two miles on the treadmill at a fairly vigerous speed. Despite this when walking I notice weakness and am extremely concerned that the NEURO missed something or I did not describe my symptoms well enough. Many people in the ALS forums claim that NEUROS are not good at diagnosing ALS which is why I am considering visiting an ALS clinic if things do not get better. Does this sound at all like BFS? Should I trust the NEURO? Maybe it was too early for him to notice any "true weakness" although I have a feeling things are getting worse. Any words of advice would be helpful. I have been sitting at home all day for the past couple of days, very scared of these symptoms.....
Beginning four weeks ago I began to feel a CONSIDERABLE amount of weakness in my left leg when walking. No pain, just weakness appearing in the left ankle. During this time I have developed mild muscle twitches in various parts of my left calf and especially my left ankle when I am driving or sitting. I cannot see the twitches, but feel them pressing against my paints (especially when I am driving or sitting/working on my computer). I also have noticed that the leg is cramping often in the calfs, although there is no localized pain which I can find, just considerable weakness. I have a very physical job and have taken multiple days off do to the fairly severe weakness which I am feeling. I also notice that the bones in my leg appear to be snaping when I make sudden movements ot even bend down to grab something. This is severly effecting my life as I feel that this can be nothing other then ALS as I appear to have many of the early symptoms of the disease. I am very anxious about this and just want to feel normal again!!
IN SOMEWHAT POSTIVE NEWS:
Last week I met with a neruo who gave me a complete evaluation. I told him that I had serious concerns about this (especially ALS worries) and he told me that "in his opinion I did not have ALS". He did not tell me what could be causing the "weakness" and percieved balance issues though and my symptoms appear to have gotten worse. I have EMG scheduled for the middle of January, although I had to nearly beg him to do one. I dont understand how a NEURO could not notice anything, when I KNOW there is something wrong with my left leg.
I am 22 years old, able to still life the same amount of weight with my legs while also able to run two miles on the treadmill at a fairly vigerous speed. Despite this when walking I notice weakness and am extremely concerned that the NEURO missed something or I did not describe my symptoms well enough. Many people in the ALS forums claim that NEUROS are not good at diagnosing ALS which is why I am considering visiting an ALS clinic if things do not get better. Does this sound at all like BFS? Should I trust the NEURO? Maybe it was too early for him to notice any "true weakness" although I have a feeling things are getting worse. Any words of advice would be helpful. I have been sitting at home all day for the past couple of days, very scared of these symptoms.....