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I have an unusual condition that has caused disagreement with my doctors. Two things are certain, I have a lower motor neuron disease and non-small-cell lung cancer. My MND symptoms began with severe leg cramping in 2005. By June 2006 I began having foot/walking problems and by October noticed leg weakness climbing stairs. A year later I was using a cane followed by two canes the next year. In April 2007 an exploratory chest CT scan was done that revealed growths in my lungs. The dominant tumor was removed, and since then, though my leg weakness has increased, it has done so very gradually.