chronic denervation

  1. rose

    my emg, and other stuff, Al, Wright ,Jeff?

    Hi, just wanted to vent to someone that would understand my frustration, and also understands EMG and NCV findings.... I am done, through, and finished with a certain neurologist in NYC! I saw him on the 28th of August because my laryngologist wanted to do another follow up EMG of my vocal...
  2. L4dybugg

    My husband might have ALS

    Hello all I am a newbie here, My name is Lori and I am 41. my husband Andy also 41, is having ALS symptoms. My husband had a first cousin to die form ALS at the age of 34. To start off with, we went to our family doctor so they could refer him to a neurologist. They took a lot of blood work...
  3. L

    a few questions?

    Hello Everyone! I just have a few questions, for you kind people...especially anyone who was diagnosed via muscle biopsy and other symptoms. If anyone remembers, I have had 2 biopsies one showed 'myopathic changes' (arm) but the other one (leg) was a paragraph long all about...
  4. J

    25 year old with symptoms and one failed EMG from two

    Age: 25 Ethnicity: Caucasian Self-Symptoms (up-to 4 months): - Pins needles (although occuring less recently), especially when something is digging into nerve higher up the limb. Of course this is natural, but the effect is much more pronounced than in the past. First symptom noticed (although...
  5. L

    New member diagnoses myopathy still wondering

    Hello members! I know I will be welcomed. Thank you for that! I have been reading the site for a little while and see how supportive this family is. I am sorry that you are all traveling on such a difficult road. I am a 49 year old female, wife and mother of 3 grown daughters...
  6. S

    husband nervously waiting for diagnosed

    My 54 year old husband started at an ALS clinic in 2005 because of fasciculations and slight weakness. After a few visits and tests he felt he did not belong there. Had a late diagnosis of polio when he was about 12, probably 7 years after he had supposedly had the disease. Therefore he...
  7. A

    Mother waiting to be diagnosed

    Hi. I am a new member here. My Mom has had symptoms since 2001 of weakness. She now is in a wheelchair with syptoms of progression. (Babininski, clonus, EMG showing chronic denervation) She has also started to have some trouble forming words, but this seems sporadic. He neurologist is now...
  8. A

    Looking for answers

    My Mom has signs of upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron involvement. She began with symptoms in 2001. Falls, broken bones, unable to climb stairs is how it started. She is now in a wheelchair barely able to walk with assistance. She dislocated her shoulder during one of her falls and...
  9. A

    Is it ALS?

    Hi everyone, My Mom has signs of upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron involvement. She began with symptoms in 2001. Falls, broken bones, unable to climb stairs is how it started. She is now in a wheelchair barely able to walk with assistance. She dislocated her shoulder during one of...
  10. F

    Many Thanks to All Here

    All, I posted a couple of months ago about concern about various physical symptoms (such as twitches and muscle fatigue) and some active and chronic denervation that showed up on the EMG. I went to the Univ of Penn and met with their EMG expert. I was very fortunate to find out that in his...
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