Well, today was the big day to go back to the Neurologist and see what he was going to come up with for a treatment plan. Kaiser must hire the Dr.'s that barely made it thru Medical School and are willing to work cheap. This Neurologist Dr. Porecha was a real peice of work, 1st he comes in and asks why I'm here to see him? After I explain it to him he looks up my chart on the computer and proceeds to go over all of the test results since the beginning and telling us how they are all negative including the spinal tap. Which of course my wife and I already know!!! He then tells us that there's no cure for PN and that there's nothing he can do for me except to prescribe physical therapy. I told him I'm fine with the PT but what else are they going to do to help with the pain and exhaustion so that I can return to work at some point in the VERY NEAR FUTURE!!! (I capitalized because I was almost yelling it at him). He then told my wife & I that we were attacking him and his abilities as a Dr. which my response was that I wanted him to start acting like a Dr. Needless to say it was a very discouraging appt. and I won't be seeing him again!! He had me pull off my boots and socks and then pricked my feet and legs with a needle and noted that there was increased numbness in both feet and legs below the knee as well as in my hands and wrists. I also told him that I've had 3 instances since last Sunday where the right side of my face goes numb (kinda like when you go to the Dentist and he gets a little carried away w/ the Novacaine) and that it was actually feeling that way while I was in his office. He said nothing and continued to check my leg reflexes?? I also told him that I'm having problems dropping things, but I don't know if it's from loss of grip strength or numbness and loss of sensation? He ignored me on this also. In the end he never prescribed the PT, did prescribe a medicine that I couldn't understand the name of ( he's middle eastern and has a very thick accent) and told me to contact my PCP Dr. about whether to go back to work or not?? When we went to the Kaiser Pharmacy (the only pharmacy you can go to if you have Kaiser Medical) they said they were out of the Rx and it would take about 2 wks to get.
I left that medical center today feeling used, enraged, and dumbfounded!!!
How do people like that get a license to practice medicine, nonetheless a job somewhere??? I would love to type everything that was said in the office , but unfortunately I hen peck when I type and it would take till tommorow to type.

Thanks to everyone here for giving me a place to vent my frustration.

Roper0866