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To Tall John Hello again Tall John Actually, with myelopathy (especially a mild case, which is what I hope I have), both NCV and EMG will be normal. There is no damage to the nerves themselves, so the conduction velocity will be fine and there is no denervation / reinnervation, so EMG will be...

Hello again Jack I am actually scheduled for an MRI tomorrow and hope to have the results by Friday. I actually have a decrease in symptoms when I wake-up in the morning. I have been taking NSAIDS and lots of fish oil and it seems to be helping. I'm also icing my neck a few times a day and...

Hello Jennifer In a perfect world, everyone that had a surgery performed on them would come-out of it with flying colors. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. In the case of your brother's surgery, complications can certainly occur and can be manifested by worsening of the condition that...

Hello Jack Thanks for taking the time to write. I also suspected Guillain Barre syndrome, but that typically starts in the hands or feet and moves to the upper extremeties. I also don't present with other symptoms of Guillain Barre, but thank you for the suggestion. Do you have a medical /...

I went to the neurologist on Friday and had NCV and EMG tests done on my most affected arm. They both came back normal. However, my symptoms just started about a month ago. Would that be long enough to show abnormalities on an EMG? I usually have fasics, but of course, when I was at the...

I apologize for that . . . I was just trying to get my message out to as many people as possible . . . but I promise not to do it any more.

Thank you for taking so much time to reply to me and attempting to relieve my fears. You and everyone else on here are so incredibly amazing. I have a tendency to always fear the worst and having motor symptoms in the absence of sensory symptoms caused me to immediately think of ALS. I know...

Hello again Tall John. I don't notice any atrophy at all and I still have very good dexterity in my fingers. I know that if someone told me my symptoms and the circumstances behind them, I would tell them that they probably slipped a cervical disk and it's pressing on their spinal cord...

Answer to Tall John I've had fasciculations in various parts of my body and they typically occured when I was fatigued, tired or stressed-out . . . that is . . . when most people get them. They happened in various parts of my body, but went away with rest. They seem to have gotten better...

You are correct in that you do have to have denervation to have reinervation . . . however, with ALS, the denervation will "win-out" and reinervation will cease. So if they see evidence of reinervation, then you probably do have some type of neuropathy and not ALS. You should still insist on a...