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Dose anyone else feel like neuropathy is taking over their life?
Neuropathy | Last Active: May 29, 2024 | Replies (97)Comment receiving replies
I have many physical issues, but the one pertaining to this group that I was officially diagnosed with is motor and sensory polyneuropathy. I said peripheral neuropathy above, but that is probably because of how it was explained to me, but the results and doctor's notes list it as motor and sensory polyneuropathy.
My primary doctor diagnosed peripheral neuropathy some months back after an MRI and CT, and my neurosurgeon had an EMG and nerve conductive test performed to verify on 6/21/23. Test results were almost immediate. I expected weeks for that, so was shocked at quickness of. The symptoms started appearing moderately last November and progressed since then.
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Hi, Sarah (@sallygirl)
I was also surprised at how fast I got the results of my EMG: mere minutes, not days or weeks. I'll never forget the moment. My doctor had finished the test and told me I could get dressed. I was expecting him to say he'd call me in a few days. Instead, he drifted to the exam room's only window and stood there for two minutes with his back to me while I slipped back into my clothes. His silence had me in suspense. They were an excruciatingly long two minutes. Finally, he turned and came back to me, saying, "Well, Ray, I've got both good news and bad news for you. Which do you want first?" The good news was my condition might have been worse. The bad news was: idiopathic polyneuropathy. I hadn't expected I'd go home that same day with the results of my EMG already in hand.
Ray (@ray666)
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Sorry to hear you have a double whammy, bummer. I only have motor and PN in legs. So far I’ve been able to keep it in check with exercise and walking.