My EMG was conducted by a young doctor from Harvard who was education at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. During the EMG he told me that there was maybe a fasciculation in my leg; however, on the report no fasciculations were noted according to him. He stuck my tongue, my thoraic paraspinals, masseter, and more. When he stuck my tongue, he told me to stick it out and when I did he grabbed it and put the need in at the side. He then told me to let my tongue fall back into my mouth in a relaxed state. He let the needle sit and moved it around for a minute or two, and then took it out. On the report it said no fasciculations, fibrillation, or any motor unit changes possibly demonstrating the axonal changes in a motor neuropathy such as ALS were demonstrated, and that the EMG was completely normal.
For all of those who are out there still worrying, I will write all of my symptoms to let you know how powerful the mind truly is, and how dangerous to your well being it can acctually be.
1. Swallowing difficulties manifested in an inability to swallow on one side of my throat.
2. Speech difficulties in prounouncing some consonants, along with a mixed looking tongue. Sometimes it looked really fat and thick, and sometimes it looked flaccid.
3. Fasciculations, fasciculasdfgasd <------Just had one in my hand, haha, jk. But, seriously, in every muscle known to man, and every single possible frequency - rapid fire, slow, subtle, multiple in same area.
4. Chewing difficulties which I still have now are still bothersome. My jaw will just wear out.
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In conclusion I have figured out that this past 6 months I have fretted over every thing new I have found on my body, and not even realizing as a pre-med that the body changes everyday. Today I shadowed a doctor at the Stem Cell institute, and I saw a patient with diffuse fasciculation of the tongue. And may I say that most of us that have tongue twitches in any manner or respect will not begin to believe the way this woman's tongue looked. I dare say the "bag of worms" description does not quite fulfill the degree to which her tongue looked like.
My doctor told me that he believes I may have had something viral that is still in my body; however, he says there is absolutely no reason to worry. And I realized he is right. Life is not about this. I thought of a worse case scenario and then thought of what I would do. Remember those of you who believe in God should know that you could spend the next 2 years of your life worrying about ALS, and finally get a clean EMG; only to walk out of the hospital celebrating and correspondingly get hit by a bus. In other words, don't make the same mistakes I did.
Regards
For all of those who are out there still worrying, I will write all of my symptoms to let you know how powerful the mind truly is, and how dangerous to your well being it can acctually be.
1. Swallowing difficulties manifested in an inability to swallow on one side of my throat.
2. Speech difficulties in prounouncing some consonants, along with a mixed looking tongue. Sometimes it looked really fat and thick, and sometimes it looked flaccid.
3. Fasciculations, fasciculasdfgasd <------Just had one in my hand, haha, jk. But, seriously, in every muscle known to man, and every single possible frequency - rapid fire, slow, subtle, multiple in same area.
4. Chewing difficulties which I still have now are still bothersome. My jaw will just wear out.
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In conclusion I have figured out that this past 6 months I have fretted over every thing new I have found on my body, and not even realizing as a pre-med that the body changes everyday. Today I shadowed a doctor at the Stem Cell institute, and I saw a patient with diffuse fasciculation of the tongue. And may I say that most of us that have tongue twitches in any manner or respect will not begin to believe the way this woman's tongue looked. I dare say the "bag of worms" description does not quite fulfill the degree to which her tongue looked like.
My doctor told me that he believes I may have had something viral that is still in my body; however, he says there is absolutely no reason to worry. And I realized he is right. Life is not about this. I thought of a worse case scenario and then thought of what I would do. Remember those of you who believe in God should know that you could spend the next 2 years of your life worrying about ALS, and finally get a clean EMG; only to walk out of the hospital celebrating and correspondingly get hit by a bus. In other words, don't make the same mistakes I did.
Regards