Update on todays EMG. NOT!

[rezmommy]

Well I could not believe this happened but it did! I got to the hospital for my 1:00 p.m. appointment and gave the receptionist my info.  She looked at the computer and told me that my appointment was at 10:00 a.m. and that I had missed it.  She said that the doctor was gone and the appointment would have to be rescheduled.  I have been "psyching" myself up for this test and waiting for two months.  I could not hold it in and I started to cry.  My mom was there with me and explained my situation.  I told the receptionist that I had received a letter from my neurologist that had the date and time listed.  She must have felt sorry for me because she is "squeezing" me in next Monday.  I am so frustrated, worried, scared and tired ....well another week is a short wait.  Thank you SO much for listening and all of the support.
Melanie

[rezmommy]

Thanks for all of the kind words and support.
Melanie

[Heather3418]

I can't even tell you how many times this has happened to me with appointments..

You're right sweetheart, the stress of waiting and anticipating these kinds of tests is murder.  MAJOR STRESS.

I wouldn't call the EMG the biggest party I ever went to, but it was not as bad as all my wild thoughts had imagined.  The "needle" is not really a needle.  It's a flexible, very skinny, thing-a-ma-jig, that is about as thick as an acupuncture needle.  I thought the discomfort from the test was when they zap you with a little current to make the muscle twitch.  It actually felt funny and made me laugh.  I was tender in a couple of spots but nothing more.

Please do not get yourself so worked up over this test.  Millions of people have gone through exactly what you are going through and found the test to just be annoying.  One party you didn't want to go to after the first one.

We are with you in spirit on this one and we all stand behind you for support.

Heather

[mrsturbo]

I completely understand how you feel.  I was scheduled for an appt. with my neuro a few weeks ago.  It was a long awaited appt since I had a major flare up recently.  When I arrived the receptionist said " You should have been called, your appt. was withthe nurse practitioner not the neuro and she isn't here today"  I told them I did not receive a call and then started crying.  I told the receptionist I wanted copies of all of my test results that I had been waiting to talk to the doc about.  She gave me the results, without charge, and said she asked the doc who told her I didn't need to be seen for 4 months.  WHAT? I was so furious, plus I am pregnant so of course the anger just turns to tears.  End of story is I have not been back to the neuro who obviouslly doesn't think a flare up is a good enough reason to be seen.  I guess I will just wait until another flare up comes and force myself to be seen during the flare up.  Have fun on Monday.  I waited for my EMG and my neuro only did one leg and said if she didn't see anything drastic she wasn't going to do the rest of my extremities.  Well she said results showed a mild dimished something or other, but that it was so minor she was just going to write it off.  I know I need a new neuro!  

[Rena705]

So sorry to hear that this happened to you honey!  I know you were really nervous about this test and to have to go through it all over again is not fair in the least.  I think you should bring up the error with the neurologists office so that they hopefully will not let the same mistake happen again to someone else.  Like Laura says, Monday is only six days away now but you should try to go out and do something you really enjoy to give yourself a head break away from thinking about it...you deserve a break after this one that's for sure!

Lots of Hugs,
Rena

[Lulu54]

Tears at a counter work everytime- I did that once when I missed a connecting flight in Boston.  I was exhausted and just wanted to get home (coming from Europe!). The agent took pity and actually put us on another airliner to get home instead of having to spend the night in Beantown!   :-)

Monday will be here before you know it, please don't get too psyched about it.

BTW - that just happened to my husband last week - our paperwork said 9:30 am and they out patient clinic had it was 7:30 am.  Big difference - thankfully they still took him and his tests came out fine.

Be well,
Laura

[Quixotic1]

Oh, Poop!   I still think tears at the right time are a wonderful bargaining tool.  Yeah, for compassion at the front desk.  We'll wait with you!

Momma Bear