I decided to just go ahead and go through the symptom checker on WebMD, which I've avoided doing because it always gives a ridiculous list of possible diseases. The thing that stands out the most is that muscle twitching/spasms absolutely has to be one of the listed symptoms to get them to spit out ALS as a possibility. It seems like that is a the common denominator for a solid ALS answer and mom has had no twitching, spasms or uncontrolled movement.
I entered all of her general symptoms (weakness in the limbs and diaphragm, problems with speech, breathing and eating, thick saliva/difficulty swallowing, muscle wasting, etc) and it came up with a few things that sound possible:
1.Myasthenia gravis - this is still a huge pile of suck, but more treatable than ALS/MND
2. MS - still super suck, but again, not as sucky as ALS
3. Our old friend Lyme disease still showed up even though I didn't list rash or other typical Lyme symptoms. Please let it be Lyme!
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