Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Thanks, and how are you Michele?

Well, I have heard of babies living after being delivered at only 23 weeks. Thats rare. When I was pregnant with the twins, 35-38 weeks was the goal, of course 40 weeks being a normal gestation. I think anything over 30 is usually ok with a little TLC though.

The farthest I made it was 13 weeks and that was with the twins. Most of the time, you loss them in the first tri-mester, or first 12 weeks.

My appt absolutely SUCKED! I survived the electric shock part of the test relatively ok. Than the tech says he is having a special doctor come in and do a needle conduction study. I was like, man, you have got to call it something different, any test with needle in the title can't be good!

And, it wasn't!! They repeatedly stick this long needle into your muscles and have you tense and relax. The jabs to the neck were the worse. Although I already have a HUGE bruise on my calf! Ugh. Ouch!

They said there is some residual nerve damage from my ankle injury and RSD a couple years ago in my ankle but otherwise, the results were pretty normal. Apparently the lowest score they will call normla is 40 and all mine were in the low 40's, so not optimal but considered ok.

They said they don't see anything to be causing the swelling and pain in my hands and feet. I will talk to the neuro doc herself in 2 weeks but I don't expect much. They said go back to the rheumy who sent me there in the first place! Can we say run around??!!

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Taking it one day at a time.....

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