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eKHLIPSE

eKHLIPSE

Male, 55 years
SELAH, WA
eKHLIPSE
Data Quality: 1 star
ALS: 5 yrs
Mouth/throat: none
Arms: mild
Chest: none
Legs: mild
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12/07
: 08/01/08

Diagnosis Summary
Legs
01/03
12/07

 About Me
I am a 54 year old man and started having problems with my legs in about 2002 or 3. I have osteoprosis and have fractured my back 8 times and also have MS in my spinal cord so I thought that my leg weakness was due to this. My feet then began to get numb and very cold. After all of the "usual" tests to rule out other causes I was told, last December 2007, that I was in the early stages of ALS. Althouth it was a shock it was not totally unexpected. I had been in radiology for about 30 years before I retired in 2003 so I knew some of the symtoms of ALS...
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FRS: 37 (latest: 01/26/08)
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Weight: 214 lb (latest: 12/22/07)
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