calijill
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Hi all,
I’ve been lurking on the forum for about a month while waiting for my registration to be approved and while I’ve been experiencing troubling symptoms and going through some testing.
It started a few months back with stiffness in the ring finger on my right hand and no longer being able to move my ring finger independently from the middle finger. The finger doesn’t necessarily feel weak, but its independent range of motion is definitely changed. Also, my wrists, fingers, and forearms tire more quickly than they did previously and they get crampy (I suppose carrying around a 20 lb baby doesn’t help this)…and then the twitching started, which is occurs all over my body (including my tongue!).
I had an appointment with a neuro who detected no lack of strength upon exam in the end of August, but referred me for an EMG of both of my arms. The results were abnormal in the following manner:
1. The NCV portion of the test on both arms was normal
2. The needle EMG detected large, polyphasic MUPS with reduced recruitment in 2 muscles on each side. On the right side these were found in the muscle between my thumb and first finger and in the finger extensor muscle in my forearm. On the left side, these findings occurred in the muscle between my thumb and first finger and in the muscle below my little finger. There was no active denervation seen in any muscle tested.
Needless to say, the ‘abnormal EMG’ has scared the crap out of me, and my first neuro referred me to a second neuro (who is a neuromuscular specialist) for another opinion. The second neuro did another exam and found nothing that screamed ALS even though he witness the different range of motion in the fingers. However, he wants to repeat the EMG himself later this month to see what he finds. Thus, I’m just waiting (and scared!). I just wanted to share my story, say hi, and get any thoughts and input those of you with experience may have.
Jill
I’ve been lurking on the forum for about a month while waiting for my registration to be approved and while I’ve been experiencing troubling symptoms and going through some testing.
It started a few months back with stiffness in the ring finger on my right hand and no longer being able to move my ring finger independently from the middle finger. The finger doesn’t necessarily feel weak, but its independent range of motion is definitely changed. Also, my wrists, fingers, and forearms tire more quickly than they did previously and they get crampy (I suppose carrying around a 20 lb baby doesn’t help this)…and then the twitching started, which is occurs all over my body (including my tongue!).
I had an appointment with a neuro who detected no lack of strength upon exam in the end of August, but referred me for an EMG of both of my arms. The results were abnormal in the following manner:
1. The NCV portion of the test on both arms was normal
2. The needle EMG detected large, polyphasic MUPS with reduced recruitment in 2 muscles on each side. On the right side these were found in the muscle between my thumb and first finger and in the finger extensor muscle in my forearm. On the left side, these findings occurred in the muscle between my thumb and first finger and in the muscle below my little finger. There was no active denervation seen in any muscle tested.
Needless to say, the ‘abnormal EMG’ has scared the crap out of me, and my first neuro referred me to a second neuro (who is a neuromuscular specialist) for another opinion. The second neuro did another exam and found nothing that screamed ALS even though he witness the different range of motion in the fingers. However, he wants to repeat the EMG himself later this month to see what he finds. Thus, I’m just waiting (and scared!). I just wanted to share my story, say hi, and get any thoughts and input those of you with experience may have.
Jill