Reading how the experience varies by person, it makes me wonder about a couple things. As I mentioned before, my 2015 EMG with the small needles was nothing like my 1980 experience that used basketball pump sized needles with rounded tips. In 2015 it was like getting 20 vaccinations with tiny thin needles. Yes, my test showed abnormalities all throughout my body. My nerves are overly sensitive to pain, but not sensitive to good stimuli.

1. All of you have probably figured out by now that someone drawing your blood is an art. Some blood draws I don't feel the needle at all. Others are like a shovel going into my arm. Some people are just good at it. Maybe it's the same with an EMG. Maybe the neurologist needs to have good skills.

2. I'm wondering if some neurologists have newer equipment that may take the smallest needles while others may have older equipment that uses an older larger version of needles??? My son had EMG testing in 2004 and had the same experience I did in 1980.