Holly Crap that hurt. The doctor told me I was in for some discomfort but didn’t expect anything like this. I’m sure he was a bit of a sadist or something.
Anyways, I gleaned a lot of information for myself and our twitching crew.
First I had a nerve conductivity test and reflex exam and everything was normal. Only slight discomfort with the electric shocks.
Next I had an EMG, 9 sticks – 7 on left side, 2 on right leg.
I didn’t show any fasciculation’s in my upper body or above the knee, but when he went below the knee (calf’s and muscle on front of leg) my fasciculation’s were numerous.
They were so numerous as to force a chuckle from an otherwise very serious Neurologist with 30 years experience – he said that I had quite a few but that they are defiantly benign. He stated that there is an obvious difference between benign and ALS type fasciculation’s.
He tested both legs, probably because I have so many fasciculation’s below the knee. He said they appeared to be roughly the same in amount (left to right). This struck me as oddly interesting because I notice the left leg twitching much, much more.
Some other interesting things he said.
1. ALS is more aggressive when it affects younger people. In my case he said after eight months I would have lots of weakness and wasting.
2. This surprised me; he said that endurance athletes are a lot more prone to bfs – something I’ve always believed.
3. Because my brother and father twitch, my bfs is familiar and there is nothing I can do about it.
4. Old news – The calf is the most common place to fasciculate.
Yeah! Clean EMG.
Ice cream is on me, well not physically on me – that’s just for the wife and I.
)
Anyways, I gleaned a lot of information for myself and our twitching crew.
First I had a nerve conductivity test and reflex exam and everything was normal. Only slight discomfort with the electric shocks.
Next I had an EMG, 9 sticks – 7 on left side, 2 on right leg.
I didn’t show any fasciculation’s in my upper body or above the knee, but when he went below the knee (calf’s and muscle on front of leg) my fasciculation’s were numerous.
They were so numerous as to force a chuckle from an otherwise very serious Neurologist with 30 years experience – he said that I had quite a few but that they are defiantly benign. He stated that there is an obvious difference between benign and ALS type fasciculation’s.
He tested both legs, probably because I have so many fasciculation’s below the knee. He said they appeared to be roughly the same in amount (left to right). This struck me as oddly interesting because I notice the left leg twitching much, much more.
Some other interesting things he said.
1. ALS is more aggressive when it affects younger people. In my case he said after eight months I would have lots of weakness and wasting.
2. This surprised me; he said that endurance athletes are a lot more prone to bfs – something I’ve always believed.
3. Because my brother and father twitch, my bfs is familiar and there is nothing I can do about it.
4. Old news – The calf is the most common place to fasciculate.
Yeah! Clean EMG.
Ice cream is on me, well not physically on me – that’s just for the wife and I.
)