10-12 years ago when these symptoms manifested, I saw an Orthopedic Surgeon. It was his diagnosis that I had inoperable spinal stenosis. I didn't see any red flags at that time he was well respected and a mature surgeon. The only odd thing I took from his visit was that he spent very little time with me. During my office visit his nurse brought me an Ipad with a lengthy "generic diagnosis discussion made by the surgeon". I just assumed that my diagnosis was very common. He maybe spoke to me for 5 minutes just clarifying that I had something akin to arthritis and that losing weight and stretching would be my only treatment option and that my activity would be limited and pain was expected. If you couple that diagnosis with the results from the nerve biopsy and my trip to Mayo I think we might all conclude that there was nothing I could do. This current evaluation and test (still pain free 4 days later) is eye opening and bordering miraculous for me. Keep in mind I went on disability 10 years ago and the neuropathy pain was the main factor. If this continues down a positive path it is life changing for me. I'll update more as I continue this path. But WOW this looks great!