I started this thread with little hope. I just felt there needed to be more for people like us than is currently out there. I also happened to change insurance plans in January and had to find a new primary MD as my old one did not accept the new plan. I had my physical with my new internist this week. I thought that this doctor would look at me and all my problems and say - oh no..i am getting involved with a woman with all these problems. Thankfully I was SOOOO wrong. This doctor listened to all my conditions, looked thru my records, and spent over an hour talking to me. She believes as i always have, that there is an answer..a root to the symptoms. She promised to be my ally and put together a team of specialists who would "work together" and talk to each other about my issues, instead of each specialist treating their own symptoms. I am excited yet nervous. I am glad to have someone supporting me and coordinating my treatment.. She has run a ton of her own bloodwork and is setting up a plan for me with specialists who will work together to find the common cause and think outside the box. ithink that is the answer to my issues.. there has to be a common thread.. i know i will have to see a new neurologist, rheumetologist, endocrinologist and more, but at least i know feel i will not be alone. I have new hope that i will find the real underlying cause to my neuropathy and excited to have a new md to stand with me. it means coming off the steroids that keep me out of pain, but something i am glad to do if we can find more answers.. those steroids will only kill me anyway.

so looking forward with trepidation to more answers... it may be the md who makes the difference.