Hi miss91, Blackpool, rom623 and Kansatom, thanks so much for all your replies! =D Appreciate it.
Yes, I've had my 3rd EMG done in end May, which showed some damage, but the neuro mentioned it was non conclusive, which I'm not sure why. So he had me scheduled for another one end June, on 26th. After the results were out, the neuro wanted me in for another EMG which he managed to arrange 2 days later, as he said my report wasn't very optimistic. I had the 5th one done on 28th June, as he wanted to compare the last two results, if the results were the same, he was gonna give me the diagnosis of ALS. He said this after examining me, both the babinski sign and hoffman's sign were present, as well as with very brisk reflexes. As I was on hormone pills and some other pills when I did my 3rd EMG in May (I was warded in the hospital due to my weakness from 27th May 09 to 1st July 09 to try and find out the cause of the weakness), he had requested the doctors to ensure that I was not taking any medication by the 4th EMG so that the results can be more accurate. So he was concerned that after removing me off the pills, my EMG results were getting worse in the 4th and 5th time.
I do have UMN symptoms, such as the Hoffman's sign. I first felt my weakness when my hands kept trembling on several occassions when I tried to write, and progressively I found it harder to write. I thought this was due to tiredness. This started sometime last year August, on my left hand. It was what got me to see the doctor. When I consulted my GP in September, he was concerned that my left side was much weaker than my right, and referred me to see the neuro. I didn't even realize how much stronger my ride side was until he tested me and asked me to squeeze his fingers, I realized I couldn't do it on my left. I'm a left hander, so my left side has always been stronger. Shortly after, before I could see the neuro, I was admitted to hospital for fever, severe trembling, and I couldn't move at all. They suspected it was an infection of some sort, and I recovered miraculously shortly afterwards. Was discharged after 10 days. Some time in Dec, I did my first EMG, and then my 2nd EMG in early Feb to test for Myasthenia Gravis and Lambert Eaton. I managed to get my body back in shape by walking, though I couldn't walk for long distances, and my strength definitely wasn't as before. I started having this drag my feet thing and on several occasions i would realise that my arms weren't responding. I thought it was the "leftover" from the infection, while they suspected that it was some autoimmune disease, and so put me on observation. Sometime in Feb/March, my right side started becoming affected as well, and i wondered if it was because I was relying on my right side more since my left was weaker. They got me started on a trial of Mestinon to see if it was Myasthenia Gravis, even though they said that my symptoms didn't seem like it. I only took that for 2-3 days, but I was progressively getting weaker, due to the side effects of the mestinon, and so the neuro stopped it for me, as it was inconsistent with the results of my 3rd EMG, and since I didn't have double vision.
Somehow I'm not really worrying at this moment, as nothing is confirmed yet, just want to be able to understand my EMG results more to see what gave my neuro the idea that I had ALS. I'm not sure how come they thought that it was Myasthenia Gravis first, then now ALS. They mentioned that Thyroid and some other disorders were also excluded along the process of elimination after all the tests done in May/June.
How do I post up my results? I got a whole stack of papers, with some numbers and also pages of graphs. Which part would help?
Once again, thanks so much for all your help!
