You know...it borders on criminal and inhumane how some doctors are. I can get really angry on this subject.

In fact I am going thru a bit similar with our CAT.... the Cat vet stringing us along for umpty ump tests leading to a 5000 surgery.

I found a 4th vet who is humane and responsive... and that is where I am going now. But really...the testing Oreo had was $2000 including ultrasound guided needle biopsy, which diagnosed her cellular type cancer. The cat specialist who sent us to this test, now wants to do an exploratory invasive laparotomy for $1600 with 8 more biopsies, a cardiac workup and more xrays!

The new 4th vet, was wonderful, listened and wrote everything down himself (no tech doing it all like the special vet) and explained he would not do that to his own pet! Which is what I wanted to hear. So we are staying with him as he gives her a steroid pulse to see if he can arrest the growth and buy her a few months. Her cancer is in the lymph nodes hence surgery really pointless. This would be equal to any intestinal resection and far less painful. Her life span left is not long anyway either way, perhaps 6mos but maybe as short as 2.

For what human doctors charge and their behavior you'd think they would care some for how you get around and feel. But I've been on the net here for a decade now, and it is the rare post that describes a compassionate caring physician these days!

It appears that neurologists are the worst. Not all, but a fair number. Second in my rant: doctors who will do testing and put you thru it all, and then not interpret the results in a meaningful way. The B12 is one example.

I can really sympathize with you.... it is discouraging just being ill, and impaired, and having a jerk doctor, add insult to that pain is just revolting.