MARC

Good luck and I hope you feel better soon. Please let us know how you are doing.

Try to also remember ALS is extremely rare with only around 5,000 new cases per year in the US.

My daughter years ago was in college and under a lot of stress from final exams. She developed this terrible eye twitch. My wife and I could see it twitch too. Once the exams were over the twitch stopped. My friends wife passed away from ALS in December 2020 at 62. Twitching was a symptom she did not have.

Anemia can cause elevated ESR levels.

My father (may he rest in peace) whenever he went to the doctor and had an occult stool blood test, evidence of blood always showed up. No cause was ever found and the doctor said he must have a slow leak somewhere. He lived to 93.

When I was around 25, I used to get panic attacks once in a while, and I once ended up in the ER and my heart rate was 140.

My wife is a pharmacist and she takes high blood pressure medicine and has had no side effects.

Propranolol is very well tolerated, so I would not worry.

It is highly likely your abdominal issues were caused by the anxiety in anticipation of your dermatologist appointment.

I have coughing fits too. Mine are from GERD and post nasal drip. In addition, I get vomit burps from GERD sometimes.

Good news.

Over the counter medicine such as TUMS will help. Our GI physician has told my wife to use them in addition to OTC medicines such as Prilosec and Nexium, if symptoms persist.

I am not a physician, but it sounds like GERD to me. I have known a few people who had pancreatic cancer and they had severe abdominal pain. Stomach cancer is pretty rare in general and especially if you are not middle aged or elderly. Not eating will make you lose weight.

It would be wise to end all speculation and see a GI physician.

Glad to hear you are OK. My dermatologist gets me in a few days at the most too.

My cousin had his gallbladder removed and continues to have off and on pain like he had before his gallbladder was removed. He had some additional tests which were negative. The GI physician said some people get phantom pain after the gallbladder is removed and he is one of them.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum. I am very sorry to hear you are going through this. Are you seeing a mental health professional?

Come to think of it, the scar on the side of my nose lasted over a year.

Back in 2008, I had basal cell carcinoma removed from the upper right side of my nose. The Mohs surgeon said the tumor was deeper then he thought so he had to go in twice to get it all. The scar took months to heal but after a while it was not noticeable. I have also have had two moles removed from my head and I was advised to go to a plastic surgeon, so my hair would not be affected. If it bothers you I would go back to the dermatologist and see what he says and go from there. There are prescription and non prescription products that promote healing and I would pursue that too.

My friends wife passed away from ALS at 62 in December 2020 and my clients brother in law passed away at age 71 from ALS in 2018. There symptoms were nothing like your symptoms.

I have never had a broken toe. However, when I was 20 years old I fell in an odd way and ended up with a compression fracture of the T6 or T7 vertebrae and was hospitalized for 6 days and had to wear a back brace for a few months. I would not worry as these type of procedures are done all the time. I am sure you will be in good shape and all will turn out fine.

I have had PVC's for many years off and on. The cardiologist I saw told me that when they happen very frequently, say, 20,000 per day or you have underlying heart disease, then they may be of concern, or someone may need to be monitored more closely or undergo more testing.

I have pretty bad post nasal drip quite a bit and get nausea too. My GI physician has told me that in many cases the cause of nausea is never found.

I would try banana's, watermelon, avocados, spinach, salmon, lentils and Greek yogurt.