Hey Michael,

It sounds like a break down in communication between you and your doctor. Perhaps the doctor was talking hypothetically. Either way the take home message you were left with is erroneous. Perhaps at the most you have sensory PN, but that does not impact motor nerves.

Type of Nerves

1. Motor
2. Sensory
3.Autonomic

Motor nerves control the movement of all muscles under conscious control, such as those used for walking, grasping things, or talking.

Sensory nerves transmit information such as the feeling of a light touch, temperature, or the pain from a cut.

Autonomic nerves control organs to regulate activities that people do not control consciously, such as breathing, digesting food, and heart and gland functions.

Best wishes,
Atty