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What do these EMG number results mean?

I’m 24, I have BFS. I went for a EMG out of paranoia (please don’t let the anxiety dismiss my concern) and the neurologist said it was all good/normal and he had zero concern.

I am quite paranoid and generally look into the small details out of fear; when he was doing the needle and speaking out loud to his technician, he kept saying numbers like 2ms etc and at one point he said 6 in my hand and I asked him does that mean anything etc and he said it has zero meaning and is irrelevant/to do with how he’s holding the needle and this and that and that higher or lower have no significant meaning especially in my case where the actual measurement on the screen is accurate along with the noise, the numbers aren’t important it’s the waves etc that we measure (which he said where all good). I also asked the technician and she said mine are good and the numbers don’t have meaning or suspiciousness.

Can anyone cure my anxiety that this is all normal and have you ever experienced what I’m meaning?
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134578 tn?1693250592
If a doctor and a technician are telling you that they are simply numbers about how he is holding the needle and you don't believe them, why would you believe an anonymous person on the Internet? Just believe your doctor. (Otherwise, why go to a doctor at all?)
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