"It struck me as strange as the Neuro said "Hereditary" since no one in my family, extended or otherwise have had these problems. "

Dan, I am very glad to read this .

I wondered if the neurologist might have wanted to rule out Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy, which occurs in some Swedish families.

It is what geneticists call an autosomal dominant condition which means that if either of your parents has it there is a 50:50 chance that you will as well. It has a poor prognosis so it is great that it has been eliminated .