--and that most of the results fall into "normal" ranges.

The presumption is that your autoimmune processes, which you do have evidence for--the elevated ANA, scleroderma, thyroid nodules--are the cause of your neuropathy, and certainly any of the ANA autoimmune vasculitic/connective tissue disorders can cause nerve compromise. (And, low thyroid function is also implicated in neuropathy). I wonder, though, if it might be worth it at some point to get titred up for some of the specific anti-nerve autoantibodies--anti-sulfatide, anti-myelin associated glycoprotein, and the like. If any of these were present it might suggest a somewhat different immune modulating regimen.

In the Useful Website stickies you can see good lists of these autoantibodies in the Quest/Latov paper:

http://www.questdiagnostics.com/hcp/...eralNeurop.htm

and also in the Liza Jane spreadsheets:

http://www.lizajane.org/NeuronalAntibodyTests.htm

as well as at the Washington University at St Louis. Neuromuscular website:

http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/nother/autoantibody.html