Recent content by LawrenceGuitar

Hello all, haven't posted in a while. Well, like I stated in my last post, my EMG of my legs and back came out normal. My doctor's nurse called me a few days later to just re-confirm this, and to schedule a follow up appointment with my doctor if I wanted it. I am going to see him on...

Yes, I have issues with my tongue as well. I don't get a twitching/spasm particularly, but my tongue feels rather numb sometimes, and I get an occasional tingly pins and needles feeling in it, like when your foot falls asleep. I get this same sensation in other parts of my body too...

Hello. Just arrived home from the hospital where the EMG was done. The test took a little over a half an hour, where the doctor tested my legs and my back. He told me that my test was fine, and that I showed no signs of wasting, atrophy, or nerve damage. He said my muscles and nerves were...

Getting ready to head off for my EMG. Apparently the doc is only having them check my legs, because that's where I mentioned having the most fasciculations and aching. I told him about the problems I'm having with my arms and hands and other places, but he seems to think that for right now...

Actually, Jason Becker is the reason I knew about ALS in the first place. He played guitar with a band called Cacophony in the late 80's with future Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman. Jason later, as you said, became guitarist for David Lee Roth, during which time he was diagnosed with the...

Thanks for the replies to this, it does actually ease my mind a bit. I know that my nervousness and anxiety have to be making things worse. I guess what concerns me so much is the aching in my muscles, and the "weakness" I have, mainly in my left leg and my hands. The foot where all of the...