Recent content by JayMelen

I am thankful for your responses, kind or harsh. I don't want to waste anyone's time- I apologize if I have. I know I don't have ALS: three doctors and an EMG test across my arm, legs and abdomen cannot be wrong. I trust the neurologist's verdict with respect to non-ALS, and your responses have...

I was hoping not to return to this site again, thank you for being patient with me and my experience. I apologize for posting under this category a second time, I could not find where to ask a follow-up question. Based on my previous post we concluded that I am good to go and that the EMG...

Here are the Doctor's summary of my test results. I did not get a copy of the waveforms as of yet. Thank you, JMG Comments from the Doctor's Office Study Result Narrative XXXX, MD 12/2/2020 12:16 PM EMG/Nerve Conduction Study Report XXXX Test Date: 11/30/2020 Patient: XXX DOB: XXX...

Good Evening, First, I want to thank all of you who have taken the time to reply to my post. I sincerely appreciate that you take the time to help others like myself. Your advice is truly invaluable. I completed the EMG at Cedar Sinai advanced neurology yesterday and the supervising doctor...

I had an appointment today with my orthopedic doctor to follow up on MRI from Oct. He indicated thhe MRI showed some "subtle" indications of denervation in left calf. I asked him what causes denervation and he told me that it could be a pinched nerve in my spine or leg, or due to some...

Hi Laurie, I truly appreciate your prompt reply. I will pursue the EMG path and hope to have answers soon. To make this all the more puzzling, my 11 year old son started complaining of muscle spasms and twitches two weeks ago. Initially he indicated about once per day in calf areas and last...

I am suffering in silence and need advice please. I've tried to avoid posting here for months and thank you for reading my experience and for any guidance you can provide me. I don't want to cause panic within my family so I've been dealing with this on my own. I only discuss my symptoms with my...