Mike thanks for your inquiries and search. As mine is similar from obviously different circumstances. As they all are, I’ll try and be brief which is difficult with these situations. As the devil’s in the details and they grow fast… Couple ?s to start if ya don’t mind. The feelings in Ur feet is it like numbness and pressure. With occasional searing or shooting pain from a toe or toes? Now the pain/numbness in your feet, doesn’t radiate down Ur leg, right? More so isolated to Ur feet? Also curious why it was 9 mos. Before seeing a neurologist? Alright now to your ?s my situation and my reasonings… Ultimately kind of addressing ?s in cpl. of Ur posts. I’m gonna skip the pregame and try to stick to my points for Ya. I had a long onset drop foot on my left side. Never felt it, just slowly noticed it slapping the floor more. Had a cpl. Incidences where it caught the floor and I went down. Never wore an AFO brace until Jan. of 23. So Apr. 29th of 23 I had a TILF with hardware from L3 -L5. Skipping L5-S1 stating that it would shorten surgery time. But may require maintenance in the future. So of course at the time I thought that’s going to allow me more flexibility. So I went along with the plan. The surgery wasn’t done to address the drop foot but because of tightness I had developed in my glutes and hamstrings. Initially after surgery I wasn’t walking as much as I was supposed to, due to the drop foot. And concern I may catch it and go down with my new fusion and hardware… So I started a new job on Aug 20th a desk job. And began walking more, not crazy amounts but more. And both my feet start to feel odd. Numb as well as pressure like an Ace Bandage wrapped around them. And became aware of three spots on my back. Two at the belt line, one about 6-7 inches up close to my spine all left side. So I called my surgical team to tell them about it and request an EMG. So his PA said we’ll just do another MRI. MRI & L5 nerve root injection later, I get my 90 min. EMG and NCS. 4 days later meet with my surgeon, explains nothing to me. Basically has 4 sheets of paper. Points out the name of the diagnosis, with a pen and circles it. U just have to remember this Mononeuritis Multiplex associated w/ Vascilitis. And we’re sending an order to your primary to refer U to someone who practices neuromuscular medicine at the U of M. So I get the call from the scheduler, who say’s un-solicited They said to send U to a regular Neurologist. Which I didn’t ? as I assumed “They” know wut there doing. 1st avail. Appt. 4 months, mind you Now on top of studying constantly. The fields of Orthopedics and Neurology. I get to add Autoimmune diseases… Vasculitis attacking the feet is not a pretty topic. So in Feb. I ask my primary Dr. to refer me to a Rheumatologist with another health care system. Meet with them and they state. I have no idea how they come up with a diagnosis of Vasculitis without any tests. Then Finally April 2024. I meet with the Neurologist who states the tests don’t match the symptoms. So we’ll have to run them again and we’ll schedule a visit the same day. Go to the Lobby next avail. Appt. 4 mos. Going to 2 part this - last long reply I attempted had difficulty posting. But I will Ultimately pull it all together for U and any other interested Hearers... END PART 1