Glad to see the fight in you is going strong agian today!!
If the doc is willing to see you go for it but always remember that you are interviewing the doc not the other way around. You need to know how many cases of tos he sees a year how many surgeries he does a year what kind of surgery does he do. What are his standard tests before a surgery....ie: total work up to see what is really going on with you.

lots to ask and perahps an email could do that for you if you ask really politley all the above questions. Docs really want to help sometimes it's the system that stinks the whole thing up. If the doc is genuine and you in your email to him tell him about your vascular symptoms (Sx) then perhaps he will see that you need to be seen asap as you could cause even more damage if you go untreated or uninvestigated. You could also write in your email all your Sx and tell him you are worried about permenant nerve damage and vascular damage. If it is vasc. you could end up with a blood clot and have very serious damage!! So express that in your letter and go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no harm in trying and asking questions!!

take care and keep up the good fight we all have to do!!!
love and hugs,
Victoria