I too am in northern VA and yes it's beautiful here [except for the pollen counts of course].
I've a severe PN and went the neuro-opth route as well....fortunately the 'eye' part of my problems have decreased to only a bother...
There are some really great neuro's around us, and neuro-opth's as well. I hope you've got the same ones I do!

Feel free to PM me any time - so many here know pain in many different ways, but we manage to help each other.

Pain free moments to you - j