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18. I live in a rural area

I had to go 300 miles to get a second opinion.

Oddly, the neuro I mentioned was considered to be an expert and is now gone. He was being paid off big time by the makers of the drug Betaseron as he was in on the initial lottery style thing to get it in the olden days.

After new drugs began to emerge, Betaseron was not as popular and he wasn't getting the kickbacks any longer it seems to me (I have a background in pharmacy/pharmacology from when I was working, so I know the routine).

Anyway, there were patients driving 200+ miles to see this "expert" that changed to another type of specialty that is unrelated to MS and has now retired.

I have to wonder what happened to the people the were driving 200+ miles to see this fool! He certainly did not care. I almost ended up on the street homeless and I needed help from him to stay in the place I was living in at the time and he could have cared less as shocking as that may be. I know I was shocked and wow, he was in it for the $$$ and that was indeed the reality of it.

I can no longer drive 300 miles to see someone as I can't sit/drive that long anymore. So, I have few options being my husband lost his license to drive last year its on me to do the driving and I drive not much believe me.