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It's been several years since I last logged into this forum. I was an emotional mess then. Months of repeated reassurance from incredibly patient folks on this forum, friends, family and many doctors helped me navigate the stress and anxiety. While my physical symptoms were very real, so was the...

Hi Hunter: I saw your recent Emory post and am glad to hear things have not worsened. My Cleveland Clinic EMG in June was a painful one. I' worried about the tongue test, but it was the least invasive. A fellowship doctor did the sticking, which may explain why I was so sore afterward...

Hi Hunter: Sorry to hear you're stumbling over words. I know with bulbar onset, it's usually the consonants that are the most troublesome. Can you say "K" and "gah" sounds well? My ALS neuro has me say things like "puhtahkah-puhtahkah-puhtahkah" , "kah-kah-kah" and "tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh." I'm...

Hi Hunter: Thanks. I know I've gotten a lot of ribbing from the ALS folks right now because it all looks like it's purely anxiety-driven. I hope they are all correct. There was a person on the BFS forum I was following who have remarkably similar symptoms and EMG results to mine. Well...

Sorry, I'm hoping I'm NOT back here in a few months....

Hi 13yearsago: Thanks for your story and the encouragement. I'm hoping I'm back here in a few months to report my diagnosis of bulbar-onset ALS, but I have a really bad feeling about it. We know our bodies and we know when something is very wrong. I just hope that I'm wrong about which...

Hi Nikki: I spoke with my neuro and I was able to get a copy of the third right-side EMG. If you'll recall, the previous two EMGs showed large MUPs and increased amp and duration in the forearm and the thenar muscle, but no fibs, positive waves, insertional activity or fasciculations. The...

Hi Clearwater: The first two images were from the actual hard copies I'd received. I scanned them in and uploaded them. The third one, as I said, was snapped from the computer screen. That's the latest EMG. They had not closed the screen, it was still up. I'm sorry if you feel I'm not...

Hi Clearwater: The EMG doc told me I was set to go and to get dressed, and left the room. The computer screen was still on and the document was open. It just took a quick snap from a smartphone to get the image on the screen.

Hi Clearwater: Hoping to hear from them soon on the conclusion/summary. What you're seeing is a screenshot snapped off the EMG computer five minutes after it was completed.