this stinks. hang in there cheryl

I had the EMG done today, oh what fun! According to the neurologist that performed the test, it was normal. However, he says that's not unusual. Of course it's not!

They like to torture patients for the fun of it! And does this hurt? Oh sorry, I'll stick the pin here! Oh that hurts! I'll move it over here! Oh, sorry that hurts too! Geez, what do they think? Sticking a sharp pin in your deltoid muscle ISN'T GOING TO HURT! Here let me try!

Yuck...I've never had one of those tests...and don't plan on it! Sorry it was icky. Are you still having any relief from the shots?

Just wanted to say - this thread has almost 2000 views to it! Wow! Everyone loves you!

~Keri

Hang in there FG! I know that you will make the best decision for you and the outcome will be just fine.

DBF has been suffering from a similar pain for about a month now. However, being a man, he won't go to the dr. I'm pretty sure that he thinks it will magically disappear.

Have you considered trying acupuncture? Years ago (2003) I got desperate, asked my PCP about it, and decided to try one recommended by my PCP. This particular guy was an MD, acupuncturist, as well as trained in manipulation therapy. For the 1st time in years (since 1997), I was totally out of pain and all those wonderful endorphins that were released were great. Even going in to this as a BIG skeptic, I found that it helped with the pain I was intermittently going through (I now know that it is the MS hug).

Of course, this was just my experience with it. Everyone is different. I did stop going as he really believed in spinal manipulation and it was causing me pain in my spine that wasn't there before. I talked to my PCP about it and he told me that because I have bone spurs in my spine, I should never have my spine manipulated.

I then went to physical therapy and started on Neurontin.

Again, hang in there Cheryl and know I have been keeping you in my prayers.

emg's are no fun I literally lifted off the table,

'oh did that one hurt?"

duh what was the first clue me landing back on the table with a ceiling tile in my possession

wish they had found a nerve blocked, sorry they didnt, I was leaning towards a pinched nerve, so now what?

Sorry about the pains still FG

I think actually, it's good when it hurts. If it didn't hurt, then you would be in real trouble..huh?

I think you are right Sally. Although I have never had an EMG done (was supposed to when I was 1st diagnosed but the neuro's secretary screwed up and never ordered the test). Any how, I do notice that when I go to the neuro's sometimes the intensity of the pricks are greater than other times. I also know that if they prick me on some areas of my rib cage, I don't feel anything at all and other areas are hypersensitive.

I imagine that if I was hooked up to an EMG the hypersensitivity and lack senstivity/feeling would show up though.

i'm glad it's over cheryl.
and i'm glad it's normal.
now maybe your dr can move on to the real problem which is looking orthopedic, isn't it?

Neurosurgeon ordered another MRI this morning. Brachial plexus.

Very painful. They had to tie my arm down against my side so I wouldn't move. I got through about half of it before I started screaming in pain. And of course, I moved. So they had to reposition my arm and start over!

Just about the time I was ready to cry "uncle" the MRI was over.

I don't think there is any part of my right side left to MRI, poke, prod, pinch, stick or hurt at this point. I have a bruise at the top of the deltoid muscle from the EMG yesterday, my hand hurts from the electrodes. Parts of my right arm that didn't hurt a month ago, hurt now.

This isn't fun anymore, not that it ever was.

I am about ready to start a pool to see what this is...and whether or not I am going to have surgery!

What do you all think?