Hi,

I just got back from my appointment with the new physiatrist. Surprising, he spent quite a lot of time with me, going through all of the information, including my past MRIs, two EMGs that I had done, etc. He said the latest EMG, where the neurologist had diagnosed idiopathic peripheral neuropathy was suspect.

He offered that he could do another EMG, which I might go ahead with, but he said that with all the info he'd seen, he felt that the numbness, etc. was probably due to spinal problems that didn't get taken care of by the minimally invasive laminectomy that I had undergone in 2010.

He also said that we could try an epidural, but with a different practitioner, but I'm not sure if I'm going to go forward with that.

Jim

Glad you found a physiatrist. I go to one too and have had good results. She never presses me to do anything I don't really want to do. More and more people are discovering this kind of physician. I wish you all the best. ginnie