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Robyn, Twenty five years is a long time to deal with medical issues. It can become tiring to people when they want to know things. The pill thing is something else. I have had trouble myself dealing with this idiopathic SNF. It's the not know that can hurt you. Too many people just go along with things and I am not that way. Not all Doctors are bad. I have seen some good ones. I am a firm believer that you have to question things but a lot of people don't. I have always advocated for the patient. I have had patients tell me their Drs are God. (I went crazy over that one). They are just people with a degree and they can make mistakes. I have told patients that if they are unhappy with their Dr. find another one. As I said before I love my cardiologist and she did right in giving me metoprolol for my heart rate and she also saved my husbands life. I want to question what else can I expect. Even though we have it I don't like the unknown. If I can be prepared I want to be. I want to see a cardiologist regarding my SNF and my heart. They also have neuro-opthalmologists at Mayo. I see one here and he is really good but I want to see one that may have seen more patients with SNF. The pin pricks in my eyes are scary to me and if I can I would like to know where I stand on that. As of yet I haven't met anybody that has had those. I also saw they generally put the private insurances out that the Dr. carries. I called my primary insurance and they said no problem with me going to Mayo. Thank you so much for your information on making appointments. I would like to see a neurologist at Mayo for a second opinion but I am not sure based on the fact that I am idiopathic and they have already tested me that I can get an appt. I am not giving up and I am gonna go for it. I will definitely let you know how it goes. I appreciate you very much.

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I saw Dr. Staff at Mayo in Rochester. He is a great neurologist an helped me deal withy local neurologist. He spent an hour with me. First, he explained all the testing I had done at my local neurologist. The test he had done and then he asked me to tell him my total history. I had had a Stem Cell Transplant 8 1/2 years ago at Mayo and my local doctors had tried to blame chemo on my issue. He explain that it is not due to chemo. He believes my back has damage that does to show on an MRI (I had back surgery 3 years ago). He explains why not to have another surgery etc etc. My puzzle isn't solved, but I am in PT and the big thing is he listened.