hCapitalize
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I don't visit this site as often now, which I suppose is a good sign in itself.I have pretty much accepted that the problems in my left leg are sciatica, and that there is no grand conspiracy between all my body parts, and that the fact that my left arm was also weak is just coincidence.I continue to be as wobbly a swimmer as ever, and I get very stiff in the mornings, but I was able to pull a 2 1/2 ton landrover backwards today with one hand which can't be bad, and I cycled right to the other side of town and back without complete exhaustion, even managing to overtake another guy pedalling furiously with my 16 inch wheels (it is a folder). My land rover has gone the way of all flesh to the scrapyard (which was why I was wrestling with it, to help get it on the wrecker), so I will need to keep up the bike.I have bought a set of hand grips to keep exercising my hand muscles and even in my weaker hand I can squeeze them fully, and I mean to find some time for the gym as well.I am slowly losing weight (which is the plan) so I think I am not doing to bad all in all, I am going back to worrying about finances rather than health at the moment.I am certainly not anywhere near dying, and so I have not fulfilled the worst of my gloomy prophecies about going down with the dreaded ALS. To all those who have not made that connection yet, that they are going to be like me in a year, with a strong grasp on life. I wish to offer some encouragement.
) I haven't been here for about six months now--by design. I decided to stop by and see if I recognized any of the same folks who were posting here before. Looks like a lot of folks have realized they weren't dying and moved on with their lives, only to be replaced by new twitchers with new worries. I still twitch like crazy--in all sorts of weird ways, but its all benign. Really and truly. I have no doubt of that anymore.For those of you just starting this roller coaster ride, let me be yet another voice to assure you that a year from now, you will be feeling okay--accepting that the twitching is annoying but ultimately quite harmless. Take a look at my old posts and see just how freaked I was back then. I couldn't talk right; I couldn't swallow right; one leg was larger than the other, my kids would grow up without a dad, yada, yada, yada. Turns out it was just natural assymetry combined with TMJ, Reflux, BFS and a whole ton of anxiety--nothing sinister. It was a dark time, but with this board and faith in a higher power, I got through it. You can too.Keep the faith and God Bless. PlayfulPants, I'm really glad to hear you are doing well.See you in another six months or so.J.
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