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Not a single person in my family has ever dealt with anything even remotely similar.
I’m going to upload the test results—it would be great if someone could advise me on which specific data points I should include.
ALS has been ruled out as a possibility.
We’re looking at a 68-year-old man here. It started out as just a slight dragging of his left leg whenever he got tired. Over the last seven years, things have steadily spiraled downward. His legs are losing strength—the left side is worse, and now the right is following suit. His arms are also losing power, again favoring the left, though the situation there isn't nearly as dire as it is with his legs.
He went from using one cane, then both, and now he's completely reliant on a wheelchair.
He’s seen plenty of neurologists, most of whom couldn't provide a single definitive diagnosis.
They checked his myelin levels—everything looked fine.
An MRI did show some narrowing in his cervical spine.
Initially, they didn't give it much thought; then, once they ran out of ideas, they pivoted to focus on that narrowing. Their working theory now is that he suffered a stroke in that specific section of the spinal cord.
However, nobody seems able to answer one simple question—usually, after a stroke, a person either recovers partially or stays exactly where they were immediately following the event.
In this case, we are witnessing a constant, visible degradation of his condition.
There is a mountain of medical records available to review, but for now, I can only offer this layman's summary.
If anyone has any insight into which direction we should be heading, we would appreciate it.
