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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Update: I have a gliosis foci flair spot in my brain from my MRI, which means CNS injury at some point, but for some reason my doctor wasn't concerned despite my neuro symptoms. Also, my CPK was so low, they couldn't test the enzymes on it, which can happen with extreme muscle atrophy (I'm...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Thanks, that's what I thought. My focus should be more testing elsewhere. I do have Monday a lab where they check my adrenals and thyroid, inject me with something, then check again in 30 minutes. So far, my insurance denied payment on my MRI :/ If they deny the second round Tuesday, I'll go to...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Ok, on one image you can see the type of mass loss I'm experiencing, my fingers seem to be losing fat, not muscle? Leaving me with pruned fingers. I also look super buff because my tissue loss seems to be highlighting my muscles. In my leg picture, my shin muscles are popping because of...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    I did go to a neromuscular doc. If you scroll up you can see my results. @dldugan are you saying I should get a second opinion ASAP? I figured I could wait until XMAs For a second opinion (I'm a teacher so I have time off) because by then at least it would be more obvious and I wouldn't have to...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    No, I think it's all connected, I just wasn't sure because I'm a little obtuse in this area. I wish the doctor would have told me she's sending me for an EMG for protocy, not because she suspected NMD. :/ I went to her thinking the issue was maybe MS and she jumped straight to that. Like, once...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    No, I think it's all connected, I just wasn't sure because I'm a little obtuse in this area. I wish the doctor would have told me she's sending me for an EMG for protocy, not because she suspected NMD. :/ I went to her thinking the issue was maybe MS and she jumped straight to that. Like, once...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Just out of curiosity, I saw this in the pinned posts a good EMG checks under the chin and the Sternocleidomastoid area for bulbar ALS, mine didn't, only left arm, left leg, and I think thoric spine, but I have slurred speech as a symptom. I assume that since my legs are the twitching ones (I...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    It's my understanding that my neurologist just wanted me to pop into the NM doc for the ASAP EMG, as she did not want to do it because it isn't her specialty. I don't think she sent me to rule out/confirm anything other than ALS. Like, she intended to continue my career but just wanted him to do...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Yes, sort of. I went in to a neurologist last week, and she was concerned but admitted her specialty isn't neuromuscular. She personally texted a specialist on her cell phone to get me in withing two days (there is a wait list of weeks usually) because she stated that I have a lot of signs that...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Will do, should have the MRI and results within a week or so. Probably won't get a second opinion on an EMG until Christmas time, at least then any more progression should be so blatantly obvious, there should be no second guessing. (pending whatever the MRI says.) If there is still nothing...
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    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Can I have a positive Babinski sign without anything (serious) being wrong? Like maybe I just have a weird foot? (Sign only on my weak side/left side.)
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