Originally Posted by en bloc

I just want to reiterate what MrsD said about the nerve biopsy. I had one almost 15 years ago. I had awful phantom pain for many months which can be disabling itself. The pain did finally subside but of course there is permanent sensory loss from the calf and entire side of foot.

Like she also said, the results did not add much to the picture...not enough to warrant the test. They can tell as much with skin biopsy to diagnose small fiber neuropathy and it has no lasting side-effects.