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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    Thank you for your advice. I will be seeing the neurologist again in about 8 weeks. I asked her many of those questions already. her report says "emg shows chronic denervations diffusely in the upper and lower extremities and thoracic Para spinal muscle which is showing diffuse fasciculation...
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    Well I had both my appointments. In December I had a follow up with my local neurologist who repeated another emg (very extensive 1.5 hours). The results where very slightly worse. She tells me she thinks an axonal neuropathy/ slowly progressive mnd, and says the als specialists diagnosis makes...
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    Thank you, I was turned down for cpp as I don't have a firm diagnosis. I have appealed and should have an answer to that in the next 10 weeks. I actually got approved for odsp today, so at least something has gone right. I will ask about ivig next time I go to the clinic. They don't seem to want...
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    I live in Canada, I'm not really sure who I'd call. I did speak to someone that deals with concerns for the hospital. They where not very helpful. I go back in a month or so and hopefully they will have some news for me.
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    I have no filings or exposure to mercury so I doubt that's the problem, and Ive had several bad emg's over the past 18 months or so. They say its a mnd or axonal neuropathy.
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    Thank you. I guess only time will tell what is happening. It's comforting to know there are other people going through similar things, although I truly wish none of us where going through any of this. I believe that its not als in my case, but something else. My local neurologist keeps saying...
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    I have tried baclofen, it helped but the side effects for me where to uncomfortable to continue using it. My dr has been trying to push me to try quinine lately...
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    Thanks for the advice, I will speak to the hospital tomorrow about any programs or assistance they can offer. Have any of you taken quinine for cramps? did you find it helped?
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    my current gp and local neurologist have been very supportive in doing all they can for me. Unfortunately they can only do so much, the rest is up to the hospital. There is a department there that deals with patient concerns and I will call on Monday. Whenever I have spoken with them in the past...
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    I go back to the clinic in January for another emg. They really don't seem to have any interest in whats wrong with me though.
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    I have had some worsening in my left leg and the muscles of my face. The clinic told me to follow up with the neurologist who sent me to them. She is aware the emg they did was done incorrectly so she repeated it. The results showed no change or possibly a very slight decline. She says it shows...
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    trouble getting a diagnosis I need advice

    Its been some time since I posted here, as I thought I finally had a diagnosis but it seems things have changed again. I'll start by giving the backstory on how this all began. Summer of last year I started to experience muscle twitching, rippling, and weakness. I was seen by a gp who was very...
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    can someone explain emg results to me?

    just got my second opinion. The neurologist looked over my test results did an exam, and said I have post viral polyneuropathy. It seems to explain everything going on and makes sense because I had meningitis before this all started. I have one more emg just to double check then all should be...
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    can someone explain emg results to me?

    I know, I'm just terrible at waiting. all these numbers on the emg, are they on a scale of 1 to 5 or 1 to 10?
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    can someone explain emg results to me?

    I made the account a year ago when the neuro first told me she thought I had motor neuron disease, never actually posted anything until just this week. My wife wanted me to make an account so I could talk to people going through the same things, but I really don't like to talk about more than I...
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