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11-19-2013, 07:00 PM
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Here I am again scared about the test. I don't like needles of any type. I have gotten use to acupuncture needles but they are small but burnnif inserted wrong.
A friend told me that the nerve study is very painful she made them stop her test I don't want to base everything on her experience Help or am i about to enter the bowels of hell  
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11-19-2013, 07:25 PM
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Are you posting about an EMG/NCV test? If so, painful for some and not for others.
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11-19-2013, 07:32 PM
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The doctor di not say and at the time I did not know there were two test. I know with the tuning fork I had places I could feel the fork vibrating on my feet
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11-19-2013, 11:55 PM
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Ever get a static shock? It's like that.
If you go into it believing it will be painful, I can almost assure you it will be. Doc
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| "Thanks for this!" says: | doubleagle15 (11-20-2013) |
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11-20-2013, 08:22 AM
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I sent u a PM about mine......hope I didn't contribute to u being worried about taking the test......and the posts on here are right....it's different for everyone....the shocking didn't bother me at all. It was more 'irritating' than anything. The needles were a little painful but only 1 hurt and he stopped when I told him that. The needle thing was very brief and done at the end of the test with the electrical things
 can't remember the names of stuff Know we are with you in this ! Debi from Georgia[/SIZE] |
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11-20-2013, 09:14 AM
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Make sure your legs are warm. At Hopkins they put me under a heat lamp for an hour before they could start the test. It affects the results. |
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11-20-2013, 04:17 PM
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 That didn't happen to me. The room was cool, and they did leave me there for a short while (but doctors always seem to do that, so I didn't think much of it at the time) but once they came back they just started in, and were done in about 20 min. to a half hour.  Doc
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11-20-2013, 04:39 PM
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My housemate had it done, said it was nothing. A neighbor had it done and hollered. I decided I didn't want to have the test and wiggled out of it. I am like you I guess, don't like needles. If your doctor really thinks this would help you for a DX , I guess you might have to do it. My DX was set before they asked me for the EMG. I wish you all the best in what ever you decide to do. ginnie
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11-20-2013, 06:29 PM
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it was my understanding that the room had to be cool or else the heat would slow down the speed of the nerve signals.
i have done quite a few emg/ncs's the last 10 years. at least 8 probably more because i have legs, feet, arms and hands involved. although i wouldnt say i would like to do emg/ncs's as a hobby, its not something i dread doing at all. i dont find them all that bad and for me they are informative first as a diagnosis and later to keep track of progression. i do them every 3-4 or so years now. |
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| "Thanks for this!" says: | mrsD (11-20-2013) |
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11-20-2013, 06:56 PM
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However, in my case, you do know that you have progressed. Sometimes it is just for the benefit of your doctor. My support group, a well known (CMT) neurologist, told us this. CMT is progressive no matter what you do. Some CMTers it hurts to have the test. Others not so much. It all depends on many things as far as CMT goes. The type of CMT, etc.
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