My neuropathy came on grdually and then pounded me, its not any better and certainely getting worse,, I dont know,, I just hate to see you have to have this Dx and it might not be the problem,, if it were a stroke,, wouldnt that be evident on a MRI or angiogram of the brain,,, I guess what i;m saying is that there has to be a way to pinpoint it,, its sad to think you might be hanging on to a Dx that might not be right,, when I was in the hospital in 08,, they were convinced I had a stroke in my spinal cord,, then attributed the shadow as a gibbs artifact,,, second MRI showed the same thing,, again they said artifact on film,, so who do you believe,, my neuro who did the punch biopsy says small fiber neuropathy,, she left the practice,, I stayed with her boss,, he was and is useless,,, so its back to not knowing anything and things getting worse,,, I swear ilm losing my mind over this,, things feel cold,,, hot feels cold,, cold feels hot,, i hate it