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Bev... please give me a day or a couple... I found out today that I've a friend who entered hospice care :(. I promise, I'll share all that I know, but ... right now, my heart is just breaking.

(((((((((((((((((((bobbi)))))))))))))))))))
so sorry about your friend. Bless.

(((((((((((((((bev)))))))))))))))))
i would be scared with all that going on, too. Are you keeping the doc up on what's happening?
I don't know about the emg test except i had one on my left leg. I am not sure why they tested your legs. That's another thing you should ask your doc to explain.

hope this all gets sorted out soon.
hugs,
sims

Thank you Bobbie and everyone

Sorry to hear about your friend Bobbie, you just take time for yourself and stop worrying about us:)

I am too in pain to stay on pc, I am so tired.

thanks again
bev x

Life just totally bites - at times :(. But, as everyone knows, along with joy comes some times of emotional pain. My friend - now in hospice - has been battling breast-to-bone cancer for 8 years. What a remarkable woman! I think.

Anyway, Bev... I don't know what differential diagnosis your doctors may be doing...

Have your doc(s) given you an indication of why the EMG/NCV was ordered?

It could be spinal related or something else.

I wish that older data at OBT was currently accessible (since there are terms I knew and shared were available), but, since it isn't, I do remember, some years ago, my PT telling me that eventually my symphysis pubis would self-fuse. Like I knew what that meant :eek:.

In truth, I really don't know what your doc(s) might be thinking. One way to find out is: Point blank asking. I've gotten into that "habit" before agreeing to tests.

Some times, testing is a process of elimination. By ruling out some possibilities, doctors can focus on what, then, seems more likely - based on symptoms, etc.

Given that you had to self-cath., just logic seems, to me, that maybe it's your L-spine. In honesty, though, I don't know.

If it were me? I'd ask what the doc(s) might be thinking. That eliminates trying to guess :).