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In June my 45 year old husband called from work and asked me to come pick him up. He had gotten behind at work and had stumbled. He was off balanced (but not dizzy) and couldn't walk a straight line. His job is physical and with a large company and they did not want him to drive home. They said that he could not return to work until he could walk the line straight.
He had been having problems for close to six months staying caught up and occasionally taking a stumble at work. He had been complaining for awhile about weakness in his right hand and neck pain. I had noticed for several months that his calves twitched when he was napping in the recliner. There was another time when he lifted his shirt to show me that the muscles in his stomach were visibly twitching. He is also having some cognitive issues and tends to have trouble remembering things. This has been going on for several months.
So soon after the incident at work he had a cervical MRI and they found a herniated disk at C6 and C7. His general practitioner referred him to a neurosurgeon and away we went. The neurosurgeon was concerned and did not think that the herniated disks were causing the hand weakness, twitching, or the balance problems and so he ordered an MRI of the brain and an EMG. He also ordered a block to help with the pain/ disk problems.
Fast forward to last week when we went back to the neurosurgeon to get results of the EMG and talk about the failed cervical block and learned that the MRI of the brain was normal. He said that he thought my husband had two separate issues going on... 1. The disks which he recommended surgery to correct. 2. A suspected Motor Neuron Disease which he suggested he see a neurologist for.
My husband will have surgery tomorrow on the disks. And we are waiting to see a neurologist so we can get more answers. My husband swears that the disk surgery will completely heal the other issues as he thinks it is all related. We can't see a neurologist until the very end of September and I'm frustrated at having to wait. The waiting is the worst.
I have attached the EMG and have googled the poor thing to death. I'd love some straight talk from anyone with any ideas or suggestions.
He had been having problems for close to six months staying caught up and occasionally taking a stumble at work. He had been complaining for awhile about weakness in his right hand and neck pain. I had noticed for several months that his calves twitched when he was napping in the recliner. There was another time when he lifted his shirt to show me that the muscles in his stomach were visibly twitching. He is also having some cognitive issues and tends to have trouble remembering things. This has been going on for several months.
So soon after the incident at work he had a cervical MRI and they found a herniated disk at C6 and C7. His general practitioner referred him to a neurosurgeon and away we went. The neurosurgeon was concerned and did not think that the herniated disks were causing the hand weakness, twitching, or the balance problems and so he ordered an MRI of the brain and an EMG. He also ordered a block to help with the pain/ disk problems.
Fast forward to last week when we went back to the neurosurgeon to get results of the EMG and talk about the failed cervical block and learned that the MRI of the brain was normal. He said that he thought my husband had two separate issues going on... 1. The disks which he recommended surgery to correct. 2. A suspected Motor Neuron Disease which he suggested he see a neurologist for.
My husband will have surgery tomorrow on the disks. And we are waiting to see a neurologist so we can get more answers. My husband swears that the disk surgery will completely heal the other issues as he thinks it is all related. We can't see a neurologist until the very end of September and I'm frustrated at having to wait. The waiting is the worst.
I have attached the EMG and have googled the poor thing to death. I'd love some straight talk from anyone with any ideas or suggestions.
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