Gerry, the nerve is sort of like an elctrical cord. It has a ecentral axon, surrounded by a myelin sheath that acts like the insulation on a wire. Newropathies can involve the axon, the sheath, or both. Nerves also carry either sensory messages to and from the brain or motor messeages telling our muscles to move. Damage to sensory nerves causes pain and numbness, damage to motor nerves causes weakness. So it sounds like you have damage to both types of nerves, and both components of the nerves. There can be many reasons for this, and your doctors will have to look at your hisory and test findings to figure it all out. It will be important for you to follow through with this as the diagnosis will determine the treatment. I am sorry you are not feeling supported by your doctors. It is important to find a doctor you can talk to and who will help you manage your pain, as there are many things that can be done. I hope you will find one.