So I had my follow up with my neuro today. I've known she was not great even before I went to her. Her reviews on line indicted so. But as all the good ones in my area had six month waits, and I wanted some tests run, I chose her just to...get those tests run.


But somewhere inside I believed that she would at LEAST be able to give me something to go with. anything.


Today I go in. All she literally says, your MRI was fine. You EMG is fine. Then asked the same four questions she always asks. Then proceeds to look through MRI in front of me - it was her first time looking at it. We blazed through it. she literally rolled through it so fast it was perfunctory.


Then she just said, ok, I will right you a prescription for neuropathy. I could give you an MRI for your spine but for now a prescription, I think is fine.


Really?! Is this the state of our modern medicines? (Ok. I've known this for years but still lol). So, because it would cost her more money to run another MRI, or actually look a little further into it, she had decided doping me is preferable to actually GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.

Can I tell I feel angry? Haha

Everyone I have talked to, that started out with some mild neuropathy said it only got worse with age. Wouldn't it be better if she figured out WHY and if there is something I can do now so it is not as bad later??


I had mentioned to her (sorry TMI) that because I have a very sluggish bowel I have to sit for prolonged periods of time in the bathroom. I wondered if this could be pinching a nerve somehow. She never even entertained this.

For now I have tossed the prescription and am awaiting my appointment in FEB to see the next neuro.


Ok. And I am done.