Glad it wasn't anything more serious. Hopefully now he can relax and maybe it'll get better. Is he just finishing this semester in Spain and then coming back? Or is he studying there long-term?

HUGE, HUGE, HUGE!!! How scary...whew!!! So glad all is well.

He will be coming home at the end of June.
At his first visit with the neuro he told him that he did not have ALS, but other than the benign condition the most likely thing at his age was MS. My son was estatic at the idea that he might only have MS. So this news was even better. He will have to be careful with caffeine and his stress level, but that has already gotten a lot better knowing that he doesn't have ALS.

That's wonderful news! These are the moments that put life in the proper perspective. Hugs all around for you and your family.

Terriks, a few years ago my youngest son had similar symptoms, mainly tingling/numbness in one leg, but he also complained about one of his testicles hurting. He went to a urologist, and one of the questions he asked was if he smoked~arteries! He stopped smoking immediately and the symptoms were gone. Does your son smoke? ;o)

Oh, that is a relief! I'm so glad your boy is going to be ok. I hope he'll enjoy the remainder of the time he'll be in Spain.

No, he doesn't smoke - never has.

what a scary thing to happen; I'm glad he's on his way and is relieved, so are you.

Praise the Lord, my mom would have said. I just clicked on your link. Very scary set of symptoms to experience! You must feel so relieved.

(Crying now) I want to go to Spain!

Yes, it was very scary. I was reading the message board on the BFS site, and I'd say that 99% of the people there were afraid that they had ALS. If you google fasciculations many of the hits are ALS related sites.

You are so lucky! I am glad for your son. whew that is a big relief.

Wow, that's scary stuff! I'm happy the test came back normal!!

That would be even worse being that far from home dealing with the symptoms and not knowing what was wrong.

Oh my gosh! I can't imagine how worried you were. So glad he's not got a serious health condition and can return to Spain. Here's hoping he's feeling fine again soon.

Terriks, your son and family must have been terrified. I am so glad it's not serious.

I learned a long time ago not to look up my symptons online. The stress from self-diagnosis can be overwhelming.

What a relief for all of you. Glad he is able to go back to Spain and the program.

Oh my gosh, terriks. What an ordeal to have to go thru. I'm so glad it has a happy ending!

It was quite a roller coaster the past few weeks. Just 3 weeks ago we made the decision to bring him home, and now he is back in Spain. His pediatrician and the neurologist really pulled out all stops to get him tested in a very short period of time - normally it takes 2 - 3 months just to get the neuro appointment!
To top everything off, my car was hit practically head on last weekend while I was stopped in a left turn lane going into Costco, and my husband is coming up on a year of unemployment tomorrow. But none of that matters so long as my kids are healthy.

Terriks; want to send you a cyber hug for both your son & hubby being out of work.. we all know that I know what that is like as mine has not gone back to work yet; though we are hoping next month.

Hopefully your son will keep you posted on how he's feeling.

Don't you wonder sometimes how much more you can take when things keep piling on? I sure do.

One thing I keep wondering about, Terriks: How did you get his pediatrician to help? My kids' ped lives right next door to us. The minute the kids turned 18, they were off his roles because it's illegal for him to treat adults. He won't even discuss a headache with them now beyond telling them to see their doctor. He's taken care of them all their lives and is very social with us, but only until they are 18.

Our pediatrician sees the kids up through college age - or until they are 22.
I have never heard of any legal restriction in our state on who they can treat.

Same with our pediatrician. Until age 22. (((Terriks!!!))) You have been through it all this past year. Unemployment is for the birds.

Almost head on? Meaning you were in an accident or just barely missed getting in one?

Terri, I'd never have known what a tough year you've had from reading your posts. I am so sorry, but as you said, as long as your kids are ok! ..and it sounds like you have great and, knock wood, healthy kids.

I hope your husband finds a job soon. It's been really tough all over the country, but up where you are, particularly bad.

Thanks for answering, Terriks and golddust. I guess I shouldn't have used "illegal," although I'm sure that's what he said years ago. I googled the age range of pediatrics just now, and it says infancy through 18. I'm going to ask my guy next time I see him because I'm curious. If it's preference, then I would have preferred that he continued to care for my kids till they were on their own. After all, he KNOWS them!

Anyway, that is of little importance in the scheme of things. I'm glad your son is back in his program and doing well. I wish him (and you) all the best.

Sherry

So glad it wasn't as bad as expected.

Almost head on? Meaning you were in an accident or just barely missed getting in one?

Oh, I was definitely hit, it just wasn't fully head on - the front driver's side was harder hit. I was stopped and I knew that Expedition was going to hit me, fortunately not hard enough for my airbag to deploy, but hard enough to crunch the entire front end of the car.

Yeah, this unemployment thing really sucks. It's the first time that my husband has experienced this - we've been married for 26 years. He was at the same company here since 1992, but they merged (actually more like they were taken over by) with another company in 2008. He had a job with the new company for 6 months before they decided that position could be eliminated. Of course most of the key positions were filled with the other company's people. Since then he has been a finalist for several positions. He recently went through very lengthy interview process with one company - 5 out of town trips, but a newly promoted manager decided that she would rather promote from within. Ugh! Fortunately we have been savers, and we actually have equity in our home, so we are doing okay. But if anyone knows of a position for a very honest and ethical person with an MBA and experience running a consumer packaged goods distributorship/sales/marketing team let me know! Oh, and we will relocate.