Friend, I feel like you do. While I love the neuro I am seeing, since this disease is new to me, I feel I have to seek out the best. While I always "interview" any potential doctor I see, and decide whether I will follow up with them for my care... when I have a specific problem, my preference is to see a doctor who knows the most about my specific problem. Just as if I had ovarian cancer, I wouldn't go to just an oncologist. For my bariatric surgery, I didn’t go to just a general surgeon. I want to go to one who specializes. This is MY preference... as I see it is yours, and I don't think an explanation is warranted.

I have to find the webpage I sought mine from. Actually, someone on another forum told me about the MS specialist I am going to see. The doc I am going to see runs an MS clinic 1-2 times a week. He goes all over the country speaking about MS. He is up to date on all the trials being run, and in which country. He used to be a professor at University of Penn. He is as on top of MS as anyone can be. This is a disease close to his heart, and now, close to mine. I want someone as passionate as I am about my disease.

With all that said, I will be seeking my second opinion with him, and following up with him 1-2 times a year if warranted. Otherwise, I am following up with the neuro I see locally (the specialist is 3 hours away).