I kind of figured that the person who insisted that I do the sleep study was thinking sleep apnea. But don't you initially have to be, um, actually sleeping and then stop breathing for it to be sleep apena? I just go to bed and lay awake thinking about how much my feet are bothering me and if I'm lucky, finally fall asleep from exhaustion around 4-5 am. That's why I was so annoyed by the idea of a sleep study: I know it isn't one of those sleep disorders, but my feet that are the problem.

I do try to listen to the doctor and and at least try their suggestions, but this particular one was so obviously wrong, and came along with the statement that "Gabapentin does absolutely nothing for PN." At that point I just stopped listening. She was a nurse practioner, to be precise, and actually "shushed" me when I was voicing a concern about something else! I started seeing the neuro after that and needless to say, I'm having all my records transferred to a new PCP's office.