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tevs, Good luck with your neuro appointment. I would like to recommend that you focus on treating the cramps vs. focusing on the "cause" of the cramps. I was formerly obsessed with the cause of my cramping and fasciculations, however my testing repeatedly came back abnormal, but inconclusive...

I was looking at old posts & was thinking how hypothetically sick it would be to post on your own thread as a different person.... No accusations here, but I couldn't resist the hypothetical speculation...

PS - My neuro is in Boston at BIDMC & I have a repeat EMG on Oct 11th. I'm extremely hopeful and expecting that the neurogenic changes seen in my original EMG as well as the mild clinical signs will remain exactly the same. Ever since I got the Smallpox vaccine in 2005 I have had a string of...

Titling this thread "I'm back!" was like painting a giant target on your forehead... People who question their neurologist get slammed on here all the time, so what did you expect when you haven't even seen a doctor? I'm sorry that you have undiagnosed medical problems, I recommend seeing a...

Here's my layman's attempt to clear up the confusion for future generations a. Clean EMG = no fibs/ sharp waves plus no complex fascics in muscles with chronic neurogenic change = no LMN signs of ALS. b. No pathological reflexes, clonus, or spacticity = no UMN signs of ALS. c. No LMN or UMN...

Good to be back Trfogey. I mostly lurk now just to keep tabs on the latest news. I'm also reassured by seeing how silly some people can be (like I was) stressing over the same things again and again that their Dr. already told them not to worry about. On a side note: For anyone that wants...

Just to be clear, in my opinion...It is hard to diagnose ALS because they do not want false positives. Who wants to be given a death sentence & then have it reversed. Good in the end, but bad in the beginning. All possibilities must be exhausted before a diagnosis is given. Clearly there are...

This is a general comment about Awaji & how it applies to the undiagnosed: My Neurologist is one of the authors of trfogey's link. I have several muscles with chronic denervation/reinervation (big MUPs &/or polyphasic MUPs) + visible fasciculations (clinically seen, but not detected on EMG)...

Trfogey, I appreciate all the work that you do on this site to keep people from unnecessary worry and anxiety. I do know exactly what you mean about the emphasis being on the vast majority of people who never develop MND. I have been doing mostly good with ignoring my constant cramps and...

The testing he will do is currently being done in japan and europe, but not the us. It is supposedly less intrusive than emg, but slightly more sensitive. According to him it is only slightly more informative than emg in that it indicates the source of the hyperexcitability. The atrophy is...