Wow!
 

Man Mike that is a lot of electrocution for one person :)

After having only 1 emg done I am dead set against another lol. They did get good info though, showing that the H reflex in the right ankle is absent, and the velocities in the right leg were slower that the left.

But I think that is enough to go for the rest of my life lol.

Hi Sandy!! I am so sorry you had to go through all of this!! Please get this checked out.. run.. do NOT walk! I don't mean to alarm you, but this is not normal after they put those needles in your RSD arm. ((Big Hugs ))and prayers going out to you!! Your grand baby is beautiful and so are you!! Love, Desi :)

emg, shoulder surgery, nerve block
 

hi sand,

my name is jennifer and i'm new here but i was just reading one of your posts regarding the emg you had. actually, your scenario sounds quite a bit like mine and i guess i'm looking for a little advice? i had shoulder surgery also to repair a torn rotator cuff and then a second surgery to remove scar tissue. a year later i am just being diagnosed with rsd. anyway, my pm wants me to have an emg because i've never had one and he wants to rule out nerve entrapment? also i had a stellate ganglion block done almost two weeks ago and it was horrendous. did your pm use fluoroscopy? did your eye droop and become red and did you have warm sensation in arm and hand? sorry for all the questions-but i'm trying to decide whether or not to go somewhere else to be treated. my pm doesn't want to another stellate block, instead he wants to do a cervical sympathetic nerve block. anyway, thanks for your time and i hope to hear back from you. :winky:

shoulder pain
 

hey desi,

Thanks for welcome. i appreciate it. when i hurt my shoulder they did an mri but the mri did not show the tear. since it didn't show the tear they treated for a shoulder impingement initially. i was given several steroid injections(ouch) and physical therapy (big ouch)! none of it helped, so my ortho doc went in and scoped my shoulder(arthroscope) while he was in there he found a medium size almost full thickness tear and he shaved off a bone spur and depbrided a tendon and performed an acromioplasty. my ortho doc told me there are two types of mri machines, one is called open mri and the other is called closed mri and basically he told me that one of them isn't worth a crap and that's the one i had. for the life of me i can't remember which one i had right now(stupid memory loss)! i will think about it and let you know if i remember. anyway the moral of this story is....rotator cuff tears do not always show up on mri! ok, now i was wondering about emg. why did you have yours done? my pm wants me to have one cuz he thinks i might have nerve entrapment. also, when you had your stellate ganglion block was it done with fluoroscopy? did it hurt like a you know what? trying to decide wheter or not to find new pm cuz mine did not use fluoroscopy and it was a 9 on pain scale and i don't think he got it in right place. well, i should quit blabbering now, sorry. i tend to go on and on and on.....hope to hear from you soon and have a peaceful weekend. jen

Hi again, Jen! First of all, thanks for writing me back! about time, too LOL Just kidding, Lady:p .. Ok, first of all to answer your first question, I had my EMG done because my wrist and hand was hurting me so bad. Now, for the stellate ganglion block.. I had no fluoroscopy done at all. I requested 1 mg. of Xanax instead of the .05 xanax I am now taking. I also took a percocett incase of pain;) I felt the pinch of the needle, then pressure when the medicine(Lidocaine) went into the nerves. after wards I NEVER had the droopy bloodshot eye. no stuffiness in my right nostril(which you should have.. the droopy red bloodshot eye and the stuffiness) I also had no relief what so ever from that block. ok.. the 2nd. one.. I thought I had relief, I didn't. Also no droopy eye, stuffiness.. etc. now, for my 3rd. and final stellate ganglion block.. I had the droopy red eye, stuffiness in my right nostril and I also experienced complete numbness on top of my shoulder, right side of my face.. hoarsness(from all 3 blocks, by the way, and this hoarsness is normal, Jen.. as the block is done next to the voice box. I asked my PD before the procedure if I was going to have a anthestic to numb me first?? he said no, why should I use two needles, when I can just use the one to inject the medication?? Jen, don't worry about you going on and on.. hey, I tend to do the same LOL:D I hope you have a good and normal SGB done. Also, I hope you have a peaceful week end as well. I am so tired, as I have had only 2 hrs. sleep lastnight. The pain in my hand, wrist, now my shoulder is awful... so OUCH.. LOL :eek: sending hugs your way, Jen. Love, Desi:hug: :hug: (p.s.) the Ganglion blocks cost $189.00 a piece. I had a co pay of only $100.00 to pay. I think he is nuts to charge this much!!:rolleyes:

desi
 

Hey Desi.

my stellate ganglion cost $312.00!! I had to pay for it myself just like everything else becaused my work comp was discontinued about a month before I was diagnosed with rsd! I have an emergency hearing to get it reinstated 6/6. I really hope things go my way because i'm currently living on $600.00 a month and my house payment is 575! i also have an appointment for social security on the 30th. hope, hope, hope i get approved!! Anyway I'm sorry to hear that you didn't get much sleep. I know just how you feel. I was taking xanax also at bedtime (.5) but my dr. didn't want to give it to me anymore so they gave me lunesta instead and it doesn't work for me. I feel like a zombie today. The reason i was asking about stellat block is because i think the pain i experienced was not normal. Like I said, now he wants to do a cervical sympathetic block but i don't think i'm gonna let him. Think I'm going to find a new pm. Have you had an mri of shoulder? Do you think it's rsd? it's possible to have a shoulder impingement without a tear and if you do they could give you injections and physical therapy. When I had a torn rotator cuff the only thing that helped besides the pain meds was a heating pad. Well Desi my 10yr. old is whining so i better get goin. talk to ya later:winky:

emg
 

hey desi,

I forgot to ask you if the emg made your rsd flare up? thanks again, jen

my first thought was a rupture blood vesssel from one of the needles ... i would tell the doctor.
i also agree with not having any treatments, tests, or medications that i do not want. i had a very partial emg to prove my nerve damage to myself and it was used for my legal issues too. but i have refused more than i have been offered that is for sure. i feel with rsd no one really knows what to do and i am my best judge. i get my choices, do my own research and then discuss it with my pcp .... joan