[Megan]

I was a bit upset last night so didn't write to update you of my neuro visit.

Essentially tests showed no indication of large fibre or demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy so the neurologist didn't really want to know me after that. Said that I could go to my GP and he could start me on Amitryptylin (sp).

I felt very fobbed off and upset. I received NO validation at all for the symptoms I am having, in fact almost the opposite. She even said that the 'mind' is a powerful thing and can create all sorts of symptoms in the body.

I asked her about writing me a request for the extra B12 test she said "your GP can do that".

At the end after I asked a few more probing questions she did kind of concede that it may be a small fibre neuropathy . She also said that she had eliminated the possibility of diabetes and I asked "which test was that" and she said "the nerve conduction test".....but I am sure (& I didn't say this to her) that diabetics can manifest with a wide variety of symptoms and signs, such as distal, proximal, symmetric, large fibre, small fibre neuropathies etc etc. Anyway I don't think I am pre-diabetic, so that isn't an issue.

What is an issue is the way you can be dismissed so easily.

Anyway last night I concluded that there must be 'nothing' wrong with me and I would wake up this morning feeling totally fine with not a burning in my body or a fasciculation anywhere.......WRONG!