After the two-hour long MRI, I headed up to another office to get the EMG done. I had never heard of EMGs, only EKG’s, which I have had a few of those tests in the past, so I had no a idea what I was getting myself into. Even after a two-hour MRI, I still did not think the Xanax was doing a thing for me.
As I got into the room with the, the over-friendly technologist (yes I had to google the title, because I really want to title her Ms. Sparky). I laid on the bed as she informs me that she is doing the tests on my right arm and right leg. So just one half of me….hmmmm I think…okay should be interesting. She started with my right arm. I can’t see what she is doing, but I sure can tell you what it felt like. She starts at the top of my arm and it literally feels like she is taking a samuri sword and stabbing me THROUGH my arm. All the way she goes down my arm and then stops to reset for my wrist. All the parts in my wrist, fingers, and palms she is just consistently shocking me with electricity. I actually ask her if I am smoldering because the pain felt like I was on fire. Each muscle she touches and moves onto the next one, leaves my muscles still reacting much like in high school when we would dissect frogs and their muscles would twitch. My whole arm, hand and wrist were twitching non stop. Then she moved to my leg. I found out later one of my major pressure points is in my right leg knee cap so when she got to that area, I thought my leg was going to come up and kick her in the face…involuntarily of course, but I don’t know what hurt worse, the electric shock or her shocking the pressure point. I was very thankful to find out I had no nerve damage or arthritis. There is always a positive within many negatives!
Tip: Try to stay relaxed as much as possible! Not easy, but much like a shot, the more tense you stay, the longer your muscles ache afterwards.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning… ~ Proverbs 1:5a
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