Tresa,


Here is a useful link you might find interesting both before and after the SFEMG for understanding and interpreting the results.

http://www.angelfire.com/retro/micha..._fiber_emg.htm

I go for my SFEMG and a redo of the repstim on Dec 17. Looking forward to the results, not to being off meds for 24 hours.

this reference http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1832855-treatment does a very nice job showing the actual trace differences of the AP (action potential) recorded during the test.I plan on asking if i can review them with the dr while the testing is happening. my neuro was kind enough to do this. What I dont know if they will let me do if record pics of the trace on the equipment with my cell phone camera. Should have thought of that the first time...

Nan,

I had a brain fog moment, the post I was talking about is in Aby's response (Stellatum), she has posted the link before!

Rachel

Rachel, yep I remembered reading that study as well. It has me a little concerned. I am also making sure to stay clear of caffeine ( affects nmj) and my adviar for about a week or so before hand.... maybe 2 ( which would be tomorrow). I do very little caffeine any more, but occasionally use it medicinally to get me through a dip when I need to be up.

FYI- an update on the Mestinon before SFEMG discussion.
This all comes down to a lo of "know yourself and your body reactions". Since I have only really been consciously dealing with this since early/mid october, I know my reactions very little. I decided to experiment in the name of understanding, so I pretended like today was my SFEMG and stopped my meds yesterday when I am supposed to stop them in two weeks for the test.

While I am seeing a difference, it is not really a full blown expression of what my body was doing. I can not push it further this weekend, due to family obligations and the ned to be together, but I am going to do the experiment next week again, stopping meds 2 days before the "test time" instead of 1 day.

Interestingly enough, I am also finding I am very focused and noticing things about my symptoms I was not before. While my cluster of symptoms was not life threatening or paralyzing, they were fairly debilitating before mestinon. I am only about halfway back to that point right now.

It will be interesting to see what next week brings.. and YES, I am being very careful- always mestinon at hand if I feel at all too bad to handle. I ust want to make sure that I have a good, clean test to get to the bottom of this. Thanks to all of you for your insights into prepping for this.