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Originally Posted by RyanK
So I went to see a doctor, who is going to run some blood tests, hope to try and see the reults by Monday or Tuesday, otherwise they are going to mail them to me. Anyway, he set me up to see another doctor on the 20th, who will then set me up for more doctor appointments. sigh!
I was thinking about having an EMG test done out of pocket. Does this sound worthwhile? My only reasoning being that whether it was positive, or negative, ect, that the results would tell me alot, or rule many things out? Does that sound right? Pretty new to it all. My only thing is, I'm right now 12 days away from seeing a doctor, and I doubt that If he gets me in for a EMG test through my free Parkland medical services, that it will take forever to get the appointment, or best case, another few weeks, which means it could be a month to get one, best case scenario.
Thoughts?
They also are staring me on one 300mg pill of Gabapentin tonight. My 25mgs every six hours of tramadol isn't perfect, but at least I was able to sleep last night and I'm not in constant pain. I'm am a little bit worried about going off the tramadol and just taking Gabapentin as wiki says it can take two weeks to get into your system as you slowly add the pills. Any thoughts on this?
Could I have Guillain–Barré syndrome or is that just cuckoo talk?
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if you didn't, intentionally or not, convince the Dr to take you off the Tramadol. You sounded pretty freaked out about it being too strong in your last post. Going forward, you need to be careful in your communication w/Drs. If you sound hysterical, BAM, you get the label. Some patients carry in notes written in the calm and peace of your own home and it will cut down on the emotions that seem to take over if given an open floor for discussion. The EMG wil be forthcoming soon enough IMO and it might confirm Periferal Neuropathy but that about it. Later on you might get a skin biopsy to confirm another form called small fiber Neuropathy. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.