Hello @mamamarch, and welcome to connect.
Thanks for the dinner invitation!
Unfortunately, by this time, you probably know almost as much useful information about PN as I do.
Like many neurologic diseases, PN can be quite maddening. The diagnosis is complicated, the causes are often unknown, and the treatment is usually barely effective, at best.
Further complicating things, neurology has become a victim of the ridiculous way physicians are paid in this country. Ones who mostly think (internists, pediatricians, general practitioners, etc.) are paid much less than ones who do procedures (various surgeons, cardiologists, dermatologists, etc.).
I was a board certified ER doc. We used to have a semi-serious saying: "Don't just stand there thinking, do something". The procedures we did were much higher paying than our thinking.
Neurology is especially hit hard. Before MRI's, etc., all they did was make an often difficult diagnosis the old fashioned way, and then be left with almost no effective treatments. Now, with MRI's, most of the diagnoses are made with imaging studies, and there still are no very good treatments.
So, no, your neurologist is not likely to spend hours with you. He/she will likely feel rushed to see you in the short time allotted for your appointment, complete your chart, order your meds and tests, fill out ridiculous insurance and other forms, etc. These same dynamics likely apply to other specialists you see.
If you would like to read about a neurologist who somehow found the time to spend weeks and months with one patient, read the books by Oliver Sacks, who became famous after the movie "Awakenings", which was about one of his stories.