Ok so I went in today and the Doc really told me I do not have a MND and the emg will be - for any MND's . I persisted and after a 5 minutes of going back and forth he got a little upset and said he knows what he is doing. I told him I am in no way questioning his skills in his trade, but I just want it to reaffirm for myself. He said ok then lets stop wasting time and I will do the EMG. I guess he took it as an insult.
He did a dictation last week, but for some reason could not locate my file but told me he remembered my case very clearly. I told him its spread to my legs and I feel like bugs crawling on it and the twitches come and go. Please note I did not remind him that it was a majority in my left hand and left elbow. I told him that I have been getting it in my legs and thighs.
We did the EMG and it was done on my legs, feet, calves, and lower back. I was not sure if he was suppose to do my arms and hand as I didn't want to sound like I was insulting him. Everything came out fine except for a slight pinched nerve in my lower back.
The test was pretty painful for a 1st timer.
All my blood test came back fine except for mercury as I need to go back and retest that. Folic, b12, thryroid, cpk all normal.
Question is this-
1-If the majority of the twitching is in my left elbow was the EMG he did sufficient to pick up any problems even though they were done on the lower extremeties. I do get twitches there but a majority are on the left hand and elbow?
2- Should I go back and request a hand and elbow EMG?