and have faith that we ALL have been through the FOOD PROCESSOR called 'diagnosis'.
Two things I cannot underscore here are that: 1- NEVER EVER SAY: I learned on the Internet! Say that about 17 thousand times...rather said...I read at the NINDS website about X & Y tests being the norm...etc. Or from Hopkins or Cleveland Clinic or MAYO! That will make your docs know/KNOW you are reading from credible sources about SPECIFICS! and 2- SECOND OPINIONS! They are worth their weight in GOLD...I totally dumpted neuro #1 for #2- attitude and communication are essential for dealing with this STUFF and #1 did NOT have any tact AT ALL...nor empathy, nor [after I found the folks here] any real knowledge of this portion of the neuro world. I got a 2nd - 2nd opinion of #2 neuros' diagnosis which took things a step faster/agressively in the diagnostic quarters and I am grateful -ever so much for that! I've also seen 4 other neuros in relation to my issues and things are pretty much confirmed about ME. IF your insurance allows it, DO it...A second [or more] opinion office visit is CHEAP compared to the damage that could happen from improper/prompt diagnosis/treatments.

Read the 'Stickies' at the top of the page, click onto the links to other sites/papers/opinions etc. [in blue] and read lots of prior posts here. That way you will get a pretty solid handle that we are not a bunch of 'poor-me' back patters. Each of us has been thru that purgatory called Neuropathy to many different degrees and pain levels... I for one, not only 'feel' for you, but with you! And-that you got such a turkey of a first neuro, well, it really steams me! THAT is a doc that better get into THIS century and quickly! Nuff said? - and now get to work on getting a good doc and getting what YOU NEED! - j