"So now I’m at an impasse, as what’s next for me."

I hear that said so often, not by those recently diagnosed but by those who've searching for months and sometimes for years. Puzzlement is our stock in trade.

Earlier today, I mentioned in some post that I'm having a good deal of hip pain at the moment –– pain I'm chalking up to arthritis. But could it be some new manifestation of my PN? I don't know –– and who's to tell me, which one of my of my various specialists? After supper last evening I made a crudely drawn chart of my many doctors, with my PCP at the center and all the others circling round, pinwheel-like. I told my partner about my hip pain and that I thought I should talk to a doctor. But which one? Dr. V., the neurosurgeon? Dr. W., the neurologist? Dr. B., the physiatrist? Dr. M., the orthopedist? Or maybe I should talk to them all (which would take between Monday morning and Labor Day)? Some would say at least I've got all these specialists (and I am grateful for that).

But, at this moment, I, too, feel like I'm at something of an impasse.

Good ol' PN –– it's definitely a 6-ticket ride! 🙂

Ray (@ray666)