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What were your first symptoms

by rachie204, Dec 11, 2007 09:13AM
what were your first symptoms?  I am concerned for my father.
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by laprof, Jan 03, 2008 01:04PM
My father's first symptoms were the start of a "floppy" left foot and then a weak feeling in his arms that he (and his MD) thought was the start of arthritis.

by trish7, Jan 05, 2008 11:17AM
To: rachie204
My father was recently diagnosed and we were shocked.  I pray this isn't the case for your father but my father also was diagnosed with arthritis issues, then they did 100 tests because they thought it was a spinal thing and we just wanted the real story so he could start to be better.  Well, it wasn't good because he does have ALS.  I would suggest giving the forum more symptoms to find out more for you.

by Maisey1, Feb 01, 2008 12:24AM
To: rachie204
My father's first symptom was his left foot 'dropping' when he walked. That was in Feb of '05. By July '05 he has the twitching with muscle atrophy and weakness. Please give more symptoms....everyone is different. Some people start 'bottom (feet) to top' and others start in the bulbar region 'top to bottom'. His Dr. first thought of the statin drugs.

I wish you much luck. It can be a long road.
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