Hey thanks guys. I really appreciate all your feedback - it's made me feel a lot less nervous than I have been. Please be aware that if I find it agonising you're ALL going to be in trouble!! Big trouble! ha, ha. (:

Glad for the anonymity on NT so I don't get into BIG trouble.

I had to laugh. That was so cute. Let's hope that the positive responses you got in this thread regarding the test prove to be the case for YOU and that we are not in big trouble.

Wishing you an easy test and that the results are informative and helpful.

The real fear is not the possibility of pain, but the fear of an unknown experience. Once the test is behind you, then you can judge for yourself how it was for YOU. Hope you will be posting to someone else in the future that YOU found it OK.

LOVED your post.

i have had 8 emg/ncs's since 2003on my feet, legs, hands, arms andlower back. although i wouldnt do the tests for enjoyment, they are not that bad and i wouldnt hesitate to do another. as a matter of fact i am doing just that very soon as part of a voluntary study. there are some moments of discomfort but aree of very short duration in the overall test and certainly they were bareable for me. its not something i worry about before doing the test.

I guess I don't get why they are done except what Rancar said...do they help or what. Do they help with pain? I just talked to my friend who has had foot neuropathy for going on 20 yrs and she's never had any of these tests. She said she went to a seminar that lectured on these but she never did them. Her neuropathy is from statins. I've talked about her here. Like she and I agree, once the nerves are dead what will bring them back if anything. She took gabapentin for years but off that drug. Taking grape seed ex for some yrs now and she feels improvement. She was telling me someone told her about lemongrass and nerve pain. She bought some lemongrass and will make tea from it. There is lemongrass essential oils.

I've talked about what got rid of the 5 yrs of burn for me, inosine and sphingolin taking both for 3 months. Burn has not returned...thank goodness.

The NCS and EMG are diagnostic tests. They are not a "treatment" and will do nothing to alleviate pain. The purpose is to help determine the condition of the nerves signals. It is then the job of the doctor to interpret the test results and what those results indicate for diagnosis and treatment of the patient.