I have been going down the road with spine problems that I know many of you have had to deal with a long time but I have kinda hit a brick road and am looking for advice.

I have a couple of things wrong with my spine but the one that is making it impossible to have any life is the L5/S1 problem. My pain management doc. refered me to a neurosurgeon 3 weeks ago. I have yet to hear back from them. I called once and basically got treated like I was being annoying even though I called when the doctor had told me to. Is it normal to take this long to get an appointment?

I read stories about bad surgeons how do you know your getting a good one? I ask around but one person says their good and the next one says their terrible

Thanks