My PCP finally got fed up with waiting around for my neuro to get it together.  He is going to refer me to a different neuro.   I found out today that one of the blood tests my neuro ordered is an antiphospholipid antibody.  Here's the strange thing...  He handed me the order for the test on January 3rd when I last saw him and said, "Next time Dr. B sends you for blood tests, have this one done, too."  It didn't sound urgent.  Every other time he wanted me to take a test, he just ordered it and I took it right away.  So I carried this test order around in my purse until this past Monday when I had to go to the PCP.  He did order some blood tests, so I dug out the one my neuro gave me and added it.  I decided to find out afterwards what the test would show.  If I understand it correctly, it could rule out MS!!!  He is testing me for Hughes Syndrome, which can mimic MS and is treated by a blood thinner...sometimes just plain aspirin!  Now why the $#$% didn't he order that test back in June???  Why did he make me spend thousands of dollars and several MONTHS on other tests when this one could actually RULE OUT MS!  At the very least, why didn't he suggest I try a daily dose of aspirin "just in case."  I am soooooooo angry right now!  I realize this test could still be negative, but it COULD be positive.  A simple blood test@!  It's like climbing Mt. Everest first and THEN going and looking behind an ant hill.  The test takes two weeks, so now I am sitting on my hands again.  My stupid neuro never called me back to tell me why he is testing me for this now and why he didn't send me to do it back in January when I last saw him, let alone back in June when I first made contact with him.  ARGH!   ~J