BFS to ALS Conversion: Rare or Common?

[TheTrex]

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALS AFTER YEARS OF HAVING BFS, I WAS READING THAT HARVARD HAS DOCUMENTED CASES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFERED FROM BFS FOR 10 YEARS ARE NOW BEING DIAGNOSED WITH ALS.

HOW COMMON IS THIS?

TheTrex



Let the new me add to this, there have not been many cases on record of BFS Turning to ALS, in-fact that would be so rare, it is even more rare than someone with non-bfs getting als. So, do not stress over my stupid questions, I do not want anyone else to suffer, because I went through a neurotic stage.


Kerri

 

[TheTrex]

One of the other posters told you, I think, that you really need to quit reading so much. I think that's good advice. ASL is VERY rare and cases of people twitching first and then developing it later are a tiny % of that. Stop driving yourself crazy.

 

[JCVanilla4125]

Yup,

I agree with the "Guest". Kerri, you really need to stop worrying somuch about ALS - besides, you´re not only freaking yourself out, but also a lot of indviduals on this forum that have finally managed to surpass and forget about their ALS-fear. Bottom line is, that the symptoms we have dont point in the direction of A.N.Y disease or ilness. As a matter of fact, it is quite common to twitch. Everyone has them now and then - however we just have them abnormally much, and tend to worry about them. Ask yourself this question: Is it normal to have migraines? is it normal to have epilepsy? Is it normal to be a diabetic? Everything, every condition and evey individual is normal - if it exists, other people have it too, and therefore it is "normal".

So my advice is, in case I didn´t make myself clear: STOP WORRYING! Live your life, and maybe, just maybe if you´re able to do it - un-click your CapsLock button on your keyboard.....

Kærlig Hilsen,

Daniel