TomR1972
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- Mar 25, 2007
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- San Jose
Hi All,
Ok really need some advice here. If I have hand atrophy on the palm side I can not tell because it must be symmetrical. However on the top side of my hand between my thumb and index finger my skin is extremely wrinkled at 35 I look like a 80 year old. Yes at times gripping papers between thumb and index finger will cause a burn that seems to come on too quickly for the amount I am holding. I do have perceived and what I would belive to be slight real weakness there as well. I can still grab a ream of paper with just my thumb and index finger however. This wrinkled skin really scares me and would like some input if at all possible.
I have an ncv/emg at stanford the last week of this month along with a soma evp which scares the hell out of me. I am being told its a 2 hour test and they give you valium for it. Has anyone had that, just how bad is it. Are they giving me this test because they think I have als even though my dr says i most likely dont? Is he just making me feel calm until the diagnosis? He told me with a smirk even that he can tell als 49 times out of 50 just based off of in office exam. He is one of the head als drs at stanford. I honestly believe that he thinks I don't have it but I am not sure what he basis this on. My only emg/ncv test took about 15 minutes this one will be 2 hours. My symptoms progress slowly meaning affecting different areas but the originally affected areas are better overall. This just doesn't make sense to me. HELP!
Ok really need some advice here. If I have hand atrophy on the palm side I can not tell because it must be symmetrical. However on the top side of my hand between my thumb and index finger my skin is extremely wrinkled at 35 I look like a 80 year old. Yes at times gripping papers between thumb and index finger will cause a burn that seems to come on too quickly for the amount I am holding. I do have perceived and what I would belive to be slight real weakness there as well. I can still grab a ream of paper with just my thumb and index finger however. This wrinkled skin really scares me and would like some input if at all possible.
I have an ncv/emg at stanford the last week of this month along with a soma evp which scares the hell out of me. I am being told its a 2 hour test and they give you valium for it. Has anyone had that, just how bad is it. Are they giving me this test because they think I have als even though my dr says i most likely dont? Is he just making me feel calm until the diagnosis? He told me with a smirk even that he can tell als 49 times out of 50 just based off of in office exam. He is one of the head als drs at stanford. I honestly believe that he thinks I don't have it but I am not sure what he basis this on. My only emg/ncv test took about 15 minutes this one will be 2 hours. My symptoms progress slowly meaning affecting different areas but the originally affected areas are better overall. This just doesn't make sense to me. HELP!