The docs have no idea how long it will take to heal.

I've read that they are taught to tell people it won't take too long. I don't understand why that is exactly, maybe it's so people don't get worried about how long it will take.

The first neurologist I saw kept telling me that - It should only be a few more weeks... he told me that for four months and I was getting worse!

Statistically it really shouldn't take more than a few weeks to get better.

Seeing another Dr. probably won't help you figure out how long it will take to heal. There's no way any of them can really guess how long it will take.