Sarah, just take your time with all this.

I will say....not all doctors are gods, or right most of the time.
Many say things, that patients then think are cast in stone, and hence the future gets messed up because new thoughts are cast aside.

You had your bariatric surgery a year ago? Well, B12 which is the major thing that affects the nerves seriously, is stored in your liver for up to 5 yrs worth. Unless you had pernicious anemia undiagnosed at the time of your surgery, you would have enough stored up to last you a while. Serious deficiency then would not occur for some time yet. I doubt you had pernicious anemia at that time, as your testing before the surgery would have showed it present.

Doctors don't know all the answers. And some arrogant ones will say things just to placate the patient. And you are young, and not expected to have the experience or training to know this.

Since you have no other nerve problems pointing to severe long term lack of B12, like optic neuritis or inability of using your arms and legs...you don't seem to have the terrible symptoms of permanent damage. So either you get another opinion, or further evaluation, or you coast and keep positive and take your supplements and eat wisely, making sure you get the EFAs you need and you wait for improvements. It is important to keep your stress levels under control as well. Inflammation follows stress and this affects the nerves too.

I hope to see you posting with improvements, when I return in Sept.

Take care.

P.S. doctors will fixate on a situation and use it to diagnose people, and sometimes this is flawed logic. We have had patients here who haven't had a drink in 10 or 15 years, yet were still diagnosed with alcoholic neuropathy! Just because they said they USED to drink. The same goes for your bariatric surgery. You have that history, so yes, point to IT as your cause. This is how doctors ARE, and many of us know this, and recognize it. It is a rush to diagnosis, sadly to say.