I am having problems with my fee feeling like sponges, pins and needles in my legs. The feet feel like that all the time. Had it before for 4 months, went away on it's own. Back again for the past few months. I also do have back and neck problems. I was scheduled by my Neurologist to have a MRI on Monday for the lumbar spine. Got a call that my pre-authorization was denied. The doctors office called to get this straightened out but they couldn't. When I called the company their statement was you had treatment a while back and since too much time has passed you need to start all over again. I asked them what they meant all over again. I didn't have anything else done when I was better so why would I go back for treatment if nothing was wrong?

My problem is at night when I try to sleep. No matter what position I'm in after about 1 to 2 hours I wake up with my burning in my feet and bottom of my legs, and numbness in arms, and hands. So I need to reposition myself to make the numbness go away. I don't know now what to do since I cannot have the MRI to see whether the back is the problem affecting my arms and legs.

I am scheduled for a nerve study again, which I had done a back in 2020 which they didn't find anything except said I had carpal tunnel syndrome in my right hand. Now, I don't know if the insurance company will even let me have that study done. I cannot pay for these tests completely. I'm almost 80 and don't make that much money.

Any suggestions on what to do now since I cannot get anything done by anybody.

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