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Hi everyone,I have to have a EMG test and haven't a clue what to exspect I don't know if its going to be painful or what to exspect as my Neuroligist hasn't said the thought is making my anxiety levels high and I don't know what to do, I don't want to panic and make myself sick with worry over this.Can anyone help me please.

[cocoferraro]

HI SHELLY,

WAS DIAGNOSED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AFTER MANY TESTS. PLEASE DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS PROCEEDURE, IF ITS THE ONE IM THINKING OF, ITS VERY PAINLESS. AS ARE ALL THE OTHER TESTS THE NEUROLOGIST WILL PROBABLY GIVE YOU,

THE LOVELY NURSES STICK ELECTRODES ALL OVER YOUR HEAD WITH A KIND OF GLUE, WHICH IS TOTALLY PAINLESS AND HOOK YOU UP TO A MONITOR/TV SET. YOU STAY IN HOSPIAL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE THEY MONITER YOUR BRAIN WAVES AND VIDEO YOUR EVERY MOVE. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE LOO, OR GO OUT TO HAVE A SMOKE THEN YOU SIMPLY UNPLUG YOURSELF FROM THE CAMERA AND TAKE YOUR HEAD SET WITH YOU, PAINLESS. IF THIS IS THE TEST I AM THINKING OF THEN THEIR IS NO NEED TO BE ANXIOUS AT ALL. THEY WILL TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF YOU, YOU USUALLY GET YOUR OWN ROOM (BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT) AND THEY TEND TO LOOK AFTER YOU REALLY WELL AS THE NURSES KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, BUT REMEMBER YOU WILL BE ON A MENTAL HEALTH WARD, WHICH SOUNDS SCARY BUT MOST OF THE OTHER PATIENTS IN THERE HAVE THINGS LIKE EPILEPSEY ETC, VERY SIMILAR TO US. PLEASE DONT BE ANXIOUS, TRY TO LOOK ON IT AS A HOLIDAY AND HAVE A GOOD REST. BY THE WAY, ALL HOSPITALS HAVE PERSONAL TV AND RADIO PLUS SOME HAVE DVD PLAYERS AND IF YOU ASK FOR CHOCOLATE, YU GET IT!!!

THERE IS ANOTHER TEST, IT COULD BE THIS ONE, WHERE YOU ARE IN AND OUT IN ABOUT AN HOUR, THEY AGAIN STICK ELECTRODES TO YOUR HEAD AND VIDEO YOU WHILST THEY ASK YOU SIMPLE QUESTIONS AND SHOW YOU FLASHING LIGHTS, COMPLETELY PAINLESS, I THINK ITS PRETTY BAD THAT YOUR NEUROLOGIST DID NOT TELL YOU WHAT TO EXPECT, TRY TO ALWAYS ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND ALWAYS TALK SOMEBODY CLOSE WITH YOU FOR SUPPORT, BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE NURSES AND DOCTORS ARE ALWAYS REALLY SIMPATHETIC, ALSO IT IS ALWAYS WISE FOR YOU TO ASK FOR THE RESULTS, OR FOR THEIR OPINION STRAIGHT AWAY AFTER THE TEST, TO PUT YOUR MIND AT REST.

THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER TESTS TOO, CONCERNING MONITORING OF THE HEART OR BLOOD PRESSURE, THESE ARE ALL PAINLESS TOO. IN MY OPINION, THE ONLY ONE THAT IS HORRENDOUS IS THE SPINAL TAP, OR LUMBER PUNCH. WHICH I THINK EVERYONE IN OUR POSITION SHOULD HAVE AS IT TAKES SPINAL FLUID, AND THIS CAN TELL THE DOCTORS AN AWFUL LOT.

REMEMBER. ALL THE TESTS THAT THEY DO ON YOU ARE TO ELIMINATE THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN RULE OUT OTHER LIFE THREATENING DISEASES, JUST PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR HANDS AND GO WITH WHATEVER THEY SAY, EASY FOR ME TO SAY, I KNOW, BUT TO GET AN END RESULT YOU HAVE TO LET THEM DO EVERY TEST ON YOU THAT THEY WANT TO.

SHELLY, I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU, DONT BE SCARED OR ANXIOUS, YOU PROBABLY WILL BE ANYWAY, SO ALWAYS TAKE SOMEBODY WITH YOU, JUST THINK, ONCE THEY HAVE RULED OUT OTHER STUFF, THEN YOU WILL GET THE CORRECT TREATMENT.

GOOD LUCK, DONT GIVE UP, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES WHEN I THOUGHT I WOULD, BUT REMEMBER, WHAT EVER TEST THEY WANT TO DO ON YOU, ASK LOADS OF QUESTIONS, IT MIGHT PUT YOUR MIND AT REST A BIT.

I HOPE I HAVE HELPED A BIT! THE BEST OF LUCK,

LILLY XXXXX

[PaulUK]

I have had this test. It's to measure how electrical impulses travel in you muscles. It is painless.

mayoclinic.org/tests-proced...

Paul

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Thankyou Paul the link you gave was brilliant informative and eased my Anxiety,Thanks again.