childermass
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Hello,
Any help would be appreciated. I got an EMG/Nerve Conduction Test today at GW Hospital by the dr who is in charge of the ALS program there. She did the actual EMG. My NCT was fine as well as some test to test my muscles as they connect to the nerves, I think. Tested in my arm, shoulder and face, which was normal. If that's normal for people, how does ALS then show up later?
Next, on the EMG, I showed muscle abnormalities in 3 places. 2 were symmetrical. Those were in muscles above my quads, not sure what they're called, but it was on both legs, and then my right bicep. The dr told me she did not see any myopathy with that, nor ALS, so she did not think at this stage that it was muscle disease. She said there was no inflammation, which was a good sign.
I am still waiting for blood work to come back, CPK test I believe. Basically, the tests seemed very inconclusive for my piece of mind. I'm still left with weakness in the two muscles that I knew about, only they weren't my quads, and now I have added my right bicep. So, something is wrong and the doctor doesn't think that it's a muscle disease or ALS. I have this fear, from reading this board, of people who had EMG's done initially that did not reveal the ALS, that I actually have it.
Any help would be appreciated. I got an EMG/Nerve Conduction Test today at GW Hospital by the dr who is in charge of the ALS program there. She did the actual EMG. My NCT was fine as well as some test to test my muscles as they connect to the nerves, I think. Tested in my arm, shoulder and face, which was normal. If that's normal for people, how does ALS then show up later?
Next, on the EMG, I showed muscle abnormalities in 3 places. 2 were symmetrical. Those were in muscles above my quads, not sure what they're called, but it was on both legs, and then my right bicep. The dr told me she did not see any myopathy with that, nor ALS, so she did not think at this stage that it was muscle disease. She said there was no inflammation, which was a good sign.
I am still waiting for blood work to come back, CPK test I believe. Basically, the tests seemed very inconclusive for my piece of mind. I'm still left with weakness in the two muscles that I knew about, only they weren't my quads, and now I have added my right bicep. So, something is wrong and the doctor doesn't think that it's a muscle disease or ALS. I have this fear, from reading this board, of people who had EMG's done initially that did not reveal the ALS, that I actually have it.