Dear lordy! Your situation is just about a mirror to mine. So sorry for not nice people.
I am in a small island town. So yes I understand. A ton of DR's but,,, mine was the same way. No no no no for almost 7 years even though it was his idea to use a cane because of weakness in my left leg. I was bad, it came to a point where he told me to start weaning off pain meds. (3, hydrocodone a day)
I told him he must love seeing me suffer. And that if I didn't have a MRI asap! I'm out! 30 days later at my appt. He basically tossed the report my direction and mumbled referral. Nothing explained. The ortho. Surg was on vaca. But had a zoom with me, he told me i basically had 48 hours to get in a ER To be transported to have emerg. Surgery. It Is A Miracle Im Walking. Stenosis 50%, Cauda Equina. (Compression of all root nerves)Me 6 mo. Post laminectomy, discectomy, clearing of the formina. I will forever have a limp, I have perm. Saddle numbness, I retain urine because I don't feel when I need to go. Catheter. Anal prolapse. 🙄 and honestly if at 60 I was told i would never have feeling (down there) again? well, I would have had more fun when I was younger. Sister, I feel your situation. We Need To use our voices! WE know our bodies. They are not the gods we were told they were as children. Whew I wrote a book? Hope all is much better in 22!