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Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

I need to know.. I'm at school right now and I'm freaking out... have any of you ever had an EMG (electromyography) or NCV (nerve conduction velocity)test done? I'm getting mine done today after school and I'm more than a little concerned about it... to be quite honest, I'm scared senseless! If any of you have experienced these tests, please let me know what to expect.. my doctors aren't telling me anything, and what I've read over the Internet seem less than reassuring... thank you...

~LOA

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

*has never even heard of them*

Is this a standard test given to many, or a specific one tailored to a particular medical condition?

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Hmm. I've had MRI's and EKG's and CAT's and whole bunches of stuff, but never had those two, though I have heard of them.

*HUGS Liz* .. Look, it goes like this. They're going to happen. Whatever happens WHILE they're happening, you can deal with. You're a strong woman, Liz. Don't be afraid of it, because being this nervous is only going to make it worse for you ... so try and calm down, it really will go better if you do.

Remember that whatever happens, you're under God's protection...and everything in this life happens for a purpose.

Not entirely comforting, I know ... but these are the things I keep telling myself, and most of the time they work.

Good Luck, hon ... i'm sure we're all praying for you.

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

*also hugs Liz*

I could get used to this.

*is set upon by a rabid Vorlon, unleashed by CC*

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[This message was edited by Montgomery on April 13, 1999.]

Posted by Warped1701 (Member # 40) on :

*vorlon speak* Impudent... *smites Monty*

*runs away, fearing a smiting from Adam*

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Posted by Warped1701 (Member # 40) on :

Don't worry, Liz. Though I haven't had any of those specific test, they always seem worse than they really are. Good luck, we're all behind you.

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Remember that whatever happens, you're under God's protection...and everything in this life happens for a purpose.

Right on, Jubes.

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

EVERYTHING happens for a purpose?

Then what contribution to the grand cosmic scheme was me bashing my head on a low roof the other day and nearly cracking my skull?

(Rhetorical question folks! )

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

*can't even pronounce that first name... there! got it...*

Good luck!

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I don't know about the first one, but I believe the second one consists of a series of electrodes placed by certain nerves and electric current being run through them.

Needless to say, this leaves the area in question a bit sore, which probably explains why LOA hasn't been back yet.

Unless I'm completely and utterly wrong, which has been known to happen. From time to time.

At any rate, I wish you a hearty "get well soon," LOA.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Liz: Erm... Can't you ask easier questions? :-)

I, too, have heard of neither of those tests. I won't tell you not to worry, because I worry about things all the time, and I know it can't be helped, no matter what anyone tells you (especially when those people, like all of us, have no idea what we're talking about... *L*).

Anyway, I hope your tests come out, erm... good. *has no idea whether that would be positive or negative* Good luck. *does that hug thing w/ the others*

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

how about

*hugs*

there...

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Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

Good luck Liz. I'd hug you to but at my age I'd probley get charged with something.

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

I THINK I've had an EMG... I THINK. Unless I did't.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

That's what I like about Charles. Nothing indefinite about him!

Good luck, LOA, If it's an unpleasant procedure I hope it isn't also a long one.

Bunny

Hugs!

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[This message was edited by Baloo on April 14, 1999.]

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Good luck...

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Posted by Enterprise (Member # 48) on :

Montgomery,

The purpose of you bonking your head may have been to teach you to look up.

LOA,

Best of luck to you. I'm in a physiology class, but we haven't gone over what EMG's and NCV's are.

If anyone here wants to know what an EEG is, I can help you...

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