EVOKED POTENTIALS

[marymoto]

HI  HOW  LONG DOES IT TAKE AFTER GETTING AN EVOKED POTENTIALS TEST DONE UNTIL I WILL HAVE THE RESULTS DOES THE TECHNOLIGIST TELL ME ON THAT DAY OR DO I GO BACK AND SEE THE NEUROLIGIST? OR DO I SEE THE NEURO OPTH WHO ORDERED IT?

[marymoto]

THANKS FOR THE MESSAGE YES I AM HOPING I GET SOME ANSWERS AS WELL  I WAS FEELING IT ALL WAS NOT SO BAD WHEN I HAD THE RELAPSE LAST JUNE AFTER IT HAD GONE AWAY BUT THEN ANOTHER ONE HAPPENED AND THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE WORSE I AM GOING TO THE DR. TOMORROW TO BEG FOR STEROIDS AS I CANT STAND THE FAtigue anymore

[shoshin]

I THINK USUALLY THEY WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO TALK LATER TO THE NEURO ABOUT THE RESULTS, BUT AT LEAST SOMETIMES, THEY KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM RIGHT AWAY. THEY MIGHT HAVE TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS IF IT'S MARGINAL.

WHEN I HAD THE SSEP, THE TECH KNEW, BUT I THINK SHE ONLY TOLD ME BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SEE THE NEURO FOR ANOTHER TEST RIGHT AFTER AND SHE REFUSED TO GIVE AN MORE DETAILS OTHER THAN THAT SHE WAS FINDING SOMETHING "POSITIVE."

I HOPE YOU GET SOME ANSWERS.

sho

[twopack]

THE NEURO ORDERED MY VEP (ALONG WITH ANOTHER TEST OR TWO) AND SET UP A RETURN APPOINTMENT FOR TWO WEEKS LATER TO REVIEW THE RESULTS.

I TIRED TO GET THE TECH TO GIVE ME SOME IDEA ABOUT THE RESULT.  I TOLD HER I WAS HOPING IT SHOWED ENOUGH TO GIVE ME REASON TO CANCEL THE LP.  SHE TOLD ME THAT THE DOCTOR WOULD NEED TO EVALUATE THE DATA AS A WHOLE ONCE ALL THE RESULTS WERE IN.  YEA, WAS I EVER STUPID TO FALL FOR THAT!!

MY VEP WAS DONE IN THE NEURO'S OFFICE SUITE AND SHE INTERPRETED IT HERSELF.  IT WAS A PAINLESS TEST (JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW).

GOOD LUCK AND LET US KNOW HOW IT'S GOING.

Mary