My housemate went thru the same problem a few years back.
Her "gatekeeper" primary doc referred her to a doc who absolutely did not want her to have surgery. He put off tests and made her feel as though the problem was in her head, and if she kept whining someone would cut her open and her problems would be worse.
Well she finally had surgery. Her problems are not better.
But most of that is due to putting off surgery for so long that permanent nerve damage occured.
It is INSANE!
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LumbarSpasm
Or just a pain in the butt?!