Michele,

I will just attempt to answer your general question. A good PCP and ESPECIALLY a GOOD PM are worth their weight in gold when it comes to managing the pain. I would be soooooo lost without my PM. Grant you he is a spinal PM but his background is also in Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine. My PCP is good too but I save him for coughs and colds and that sort of thing. I DO go back and forth between my PM and Neurologist though. But, for the most part, it is my PM I see on a regular basis. I am glad everyone else addressed the diabetes issues.