ecutchins
Active member
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2013
- Messages
- 33
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2013
- Country
- US
- State
- Minnesota (MN)
- City
- Fridley
I'm not sure when my symptoms started but on June 13th, 2013 I had sudden onset of numbness from my right shoulder down the right side of my body and into my right arm. I had a previous stroke and assumed that I'd had another but this was different. I went round and round with seeing my doctors and then my primary care doctor informed me she was moving out of state. I found a new primary care doctor and scheduled an appointment and she immediately referred me to a neurologist for an EMG. I went to the neurologist and he noticed that the muscle between the thumb and forefinger on my left hand had almost completely wasted away. I had been having some trouble gripping and lifting things but it was predominantly with my right hand. The neurologist deferred on doing the EMG and sent me for an MRI on my cervical spine without contrast and my brain with and without contrast. So I went for the MRI's and figured they would find something since I'd previously been told I had degenerative disk disease. At this point I thought some kind of disk compression was causing the problem in my right arm.
Well the neurologist got the results from the MRI and his nurse called and wanted me to come in as soon as possible. I was now sure that the MRI had revealed something and possibly surgery on my neck would fix my problem. Well to make a long story short the MRI's showed that everything was fine and no problems were found. So I'm going in tomorrow afternoon for an EMG on both arms.
Now to my question what can I expect from the EMG and how quick should I expect results,
Thanks in advance.
Ed
Well the neurologist got the results from the MRI and his nurse called and wanted me to come in as soon as possible. I was now sure that the MRI had revealed something and possibly surgery on my neck would fix my problem. Well to make a long story short the MRI's showed that everything was fine and no problems were found. So I'm going in tomorrow afternoon for an EMG on both arms.
Now to my question what can I expect from the EMG and how quick should I expect results,
Thanks in advance.
Ed