Re: Nerve test tomorrow

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It's called an EEG, they put needles into your muscles to test your

nerve reaction to see if there is damage, dead nerves, basically any

problems with your nerves. YES it is painfull, I have had several on

legs and arms, the last one I left hysterically in tears he hurt me so

bad, not to scare you, but to be honest. The first one I had in my arms

wasn't so bad, it hurt, but nothing like this last one. In my opinion,

if you have loss of feeling and are numb, chances are you have some

kind of nerve damage,

and there is no repairing damaged nerves. So the test is kind of

pointless to have if you know there already is damage. I had to do it

to satisfy the insurance company to prove I needed surgery that they

wouldn't pay for until they saw that the dr's needed to get the

pressure off my spine so I could feel my arms again. I had shortages in

my nerves due to disc herniations and was losing function of my arms. Even

though I had the surgery I

still have nerve damage but I can use my arms again to a certian point.

I know I'm rambaling here...sorry, hope this helps you!

GodSpeed

Tricia

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To:

Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:05:09 PM

Subject: Re: Nerve test tomorrow

My mom had this done and said it was extremely painful. A neurosurgeon

wanted me to have one, but my mom told her no, because there was no reason to

put me through the pain. My neurologist agreed.

Summer

In a message dated 6/3/2009 3:29:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

stoneking80@ mchsi.com writes:

Im going tomorrow for nerve test on my legs that my neuro wanted me to have

rather all of a sudden to check the nerves in my legs, since i have next

to no feeling from the knee down most days. Anyhow, question is...Does

anyone know what I can expect with this? They told me its not a big deal but

may

be painful..

They told me they will shock my nerves to see what kind of reaction they

will get from the knee down and will call me with the results. just curious

to know the " truth " should I worry? =/ sorry but i cannot recall the exact

name he called this. but im sure someone will have had this done here.

thanks

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Kathleen's response:

My son had an EEG done when he was 6 years old. Needless to say he wasn't

happy. I've had a few EEG's done, and they weren't comfortable, but the pain

has slipped my memory.

The EEG was done on my son to see if he had any nerve disease. We now know

he has EDS.

The test is important to see if your nerves are damaged enough to warrant

surgery. Like any other test, it's better to be safe than sorry.

Kathleen

It's called an EEG, they put needles into your muscles to test your nerve

reaction to see if there is damage, dead nerves, basically any problems with

your nerves. YES it is painfull, I have had several on legs and arms, the

last one I left hysterically in tears he hurt me so bad, not to scare you,

but to be honest. The first one I had in my arms wasn't so bad, it hurt, but

nothing like this last one. In my opinion, if you have loss of feeling and

are numb, chances are you have some kind of nerve damage, and there is no

repairing damaged nerves. So the test is kind of pointless to have if you

know there already is damage. I had to do it to satisfy the insurance

company to prove I needed surgery that they wouldn't pay for until they saw

that the dr's needed to get the pressure off my spine so I could feel my

arms again. I had shortages in my nerves due to disc herniations and was

losing function of my arms. Even though I had the surgery I still have

nerve damage but I can use my arms again to a certian point.

I know I'm rambaling here...sorry, hope this helps you!

GodSpeed

Tricia

________________________________

To:

Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:05:09 PM

Subject: Re: Nerve test tomorrow

My mom had this done and said it was extremely painful. A neurosurgeon

wanted me to have one, but my mom told her no, because there was no reason

to put me through the pain. My neurologist agreed.

Summer

In a message dated 6/3/2009 3:29:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, stoneking80@

mchsi.com writes:

Im going tomorrow for nerve test on my legs that my neuro wanted me to have

rather all of a sudden to check the nerves in my legs, since i have next to

no feeling from the knee down most days. Anyhow, question is...Does anyone

know what I can expect with this? They told me its not a big deal but may

be painful..

They told me they will shock my nerves to see what kind of reaction they

will get from the knee down and will call me with the results. just curious

to know the " truth " should I worry? =/ sorry but i cannot recall the exact

name he called this. but im sure someone will have had this done here.

thanks

[Guest guest]

This test can be painful but it is not always. After my 2nd fusion surgery i

had healing issues which turned into mrsa, to make a long story short i went

through debridement and had a sponge vac on my wound for a month, my incision

was opened for this so the plastic surgeon had to take me to the OR to stitch my

incision back up.

After this procedure my shoulder was hurting then i started losing the feeling

on my right side, i was unable to walk by the end of the week, Dr. B was out of

town and i was put through basically every neuro test to find out what was

wrong. I had the EMG on the back of my neck, all the way down my right arm. It

was not that painful. The needle part didnt hurt as much as i thought it would.

It was like a little pin prick and he was very gentle. The uncomfortable part

was the shocks and i got used to it. They were not painful, they were just

uncomfortable. When i went for the test i had no clue i was having it done.

They came to my room and took me up there, i was freaking out in my head and

scared to death because i had heard horror stories. My dad had one here in OKC

and he said it was not bad just weird.

BTW in the end the test that showed results was dr. remy came in lifted on my

head and i heard and felt a loud pop. Needless to say i was in ICT that day and

in the OR in two days to have my fusion redone again. I had poor positioning by

the plastic surgeon and it caused my C5 vertebrate to crush and ruined my

hardware. I guess the 3rd time is the charm.

My advice is take deep breaths if it is painful and think of your happy place.