Oh, I've got a great doctor now, which may be part of the cause of being able to laugh about incompetent docs ;). I suspect you have a good one, too? Now, of course, hehe.
I haven't been to the doctor since (January). There's a new female doctor in town who is supposed to be pretty good. One of these days, I'll go see her.
As far as the pain in my leg is concerned, I DID find a good diagnostician ... my baby son! He is a catscan/MRI tech and sees a lot of problems. He took one look at my leg and told me what was wrong ... my muscles were atrophying from lack of exercise. (I had been cooped up in an apartment in Vegas and the most exercise I got were my fingers on this computer. LOL)
He put me on a "squats" program, and I started digging in the dirt on this 10 acres in the country. The pain level is very negligible now. Plus, the strength is back. My leg doesn't give out any more and land me on the ground.
The main reason I am telling you about my leg is because there are a lot of other FReepers out there who don't get any exercise. Perhaps my experience can be a warning to them.