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How painful is a NCS/EMG study

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@dlydailyhope
Uncomfortable? For how long. I don't have the luxury of taking a few down days. I live alone and have no support system so I'm responsible for keeping up my place I live at as well as myself, cleaning, eating, everything!! Can't be down a few days at light duty for an uncomfortable test. Besides, your idea of uncomfortable may actually be very painful to someone else. I had this done on my arms and it was painful. Full stop. I had to stop the EMG part due to the extreme pain it was causing. So, uncomfortable; maybe for you.

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Replies to "@dlydailyhope Uncomfortable? For how long. I don't have the luxury of taking a few down days...."

@valleygirl1955

Good luck. Sorry to bother you with my response.

@valleygirl1955
The test is only uncomfortable when they are doing it. You will not need downtime to recover. While it isn't pleasant, the test is certainly tolerable. And you could ask for the doctor to go slow. MRI cannot show the same results as this test. You can do this !!!