Never heard from the 2nd neuro the PCP sent the referral to, so I just tried calling his office...they answered "neurology" so I think all the neurologists in that building use the same secretary/receptionist.

I said that last week my PCP referred me to Dr. S and said Dr. S's office would call me to schedule an appointment and I hadn't heard from his office yet. They tell me that referral was sent back denied because Dr. S only sees neurotoxicology patients. I explained that in reality my insurance does not need a referral to see a specialist and asked if there was anyone accepting "any" patients instead of specialized areas, so I wouldn't have to keep having the PCP send a referral and then have it sent back to them denied and have to have them make even another referral, since this was the 2nd referral that was denied.

They said the only one that sees general/any neurology patients is Dr. C and he doesn't have anything available until April. Goodness...I am glad that I am not suffering from something serious...I am just going to "make sure everything is still pkay" so the months don't really matter to me. The PCP will just have to deal with the fact that I can't get in sooner as a new patient. If he wants to call and complain he can...because I could care less when my appointment is or if I even have an appointment.

I just find it a little odd that out of 8 neurologists in that office/group, only 1 of them accepts any neurological condition...the other 7 specify a certain sole problem they will see. Makes it hard for people to get in then, if they don't have one of the specified conditions...picky, picky, picky.

I may call around to other neuros that are not in the group. I kind of wanted to stay in the same group that my ob/gyn and PCP are in, so all my records would be in one place, but at this point only having one option seems a little weird, especially if I end up not liking him. I may just go with someone out of the group then, just so I can get in a little sooner and prove to the PCP that I am fine. I doubt the neuro is going to tell me I need to be seen yearly, as even the national NF organization says that adults with mild cases only need to check in every 3-5 years (if even that). The sooner I can have a neuro tell me that as well and can show that to my PCP, the sooner I can tell him he can stop being concerned about it.

I think I may go do that.