Hi Megan -

My PN started literally overnight - I woke up completely numb up to one wrist and on the same side of my body - up to my ankle - it never went away - just progressed.... I didnt realize how much until I saw a neurologist and they did nerve testing..... I was first sent to by an HMO to a orthopedist who told me he'd never heard of such a thing - and was poo poo'd out of the office... when I finally got to see a neuro after repeatedly requesting such a visit from the HMO - she immediately determined I had neruopathy..... it took extensive testing to finally determine its both large and small fiber, demylinating and degernerative - and by then much damage had been done.... my diagnosis is CIDP.... (my most telling tests were the NCS/EMG and sural nerve biopsy (which I understand now there are better alternatives to on the biopsy).......

Would defintely recommend you check out mrsd's recommended site - as well at the stickies here!