@maryflorida Good, make the call and arrange for the test, I agree with Barry. If you want to get the test (biopsy) and find out whatever that tells you, you should. Since insurance got so involved in health care many years ago, doctors have more and more become gatekeepers for the insurance companies, trying to hold down costs. That should not be the doctor's function. If you want something they should submit it, and then if insurance doesn't want to pay it let THEM be the ones to go on record and say we won't cover that. But the doctor should be YOUR advocate, not theirs! Good luck Mary, Hank

Mary, I understand, as I am 89. household and garde duties be minimised. As an example I have a beautiful and colourful garde normally, but I have not weter or weeded any part of it for 3 years. It is a jungle, and I don't give a damn. Recovery from Peripheral-neuropathy is my compelling objective. Let the house be untidy, who cares, but hygiene must be kept. Just attck your situation Mary, and take it on as a challenge. The result is what counts. Best wishes.