Re: Advice please
Well, as I had explained in my previous posting, I doubted that these tests would be acceptable to perform because they are expensive and you have to have some sort of basis to undertake exotic tests like those mentioned.
The problem is neither with the tests nor the prospect that you may have metastatic cancer. The problem is unwarranted ruminations that you personally believe your symptoms are somehow related to cancer. Just because you have symptoms that seem strange to you, does not in any way equate them with a serious illness of any kind. You have anxiety disorder with somatic features. Physical symptoms are present but without disease. You are trying with a great deal of effort to convince yourself that your symptoms are directly linked to cancer. As a neurologist with more than 40 years experience, I'm going to have to tell you in a fairly straight-forward manner that the way in which metatstatic cancer presents itself and its effects on the body are nothing comparable to what you are attempting to try and claim. The fact that you lack specific knowledge where this is concerned has allowed fear to strip you of any logical assumptions and alternatively suggest that there's a greater chance than not that something dreadful is wrong.
Your legs feel like jelly because you are out of shape, plain and simple. Muscle twitches are an extremely common phenomenon and predominantly have more to do with early fatigue of muscle than of any type of nervous system malady. Parasthesias or numbness of the extremities is most commonly due to anxiety disorder. Cancer simply does not present itself in this manner whatsoever. You have to realize the illogic of your worries in that you've never been in an environment where people with true cancer are under evaluation and treatment for you to be able to make any sort of real-world comparison. It's like stating that because you have a headache, it's a brain tumor because people with brain tumors have headaches. Well far more people with headaches have sinus conditions, migraine syndrome, tension, etc. and a thousand more causes that we see on a daily basis.
Your melanoma was caught in plenty of time and the surrounding tissues were not suggestive of any infiltration. You're good to go, so take your husband's credit card, go buy a new outfit and have lunch with the girls.
Life is way too short to worry it away when nothing is actually wrong.
You're going to be fine. Move ahead with your life. The worst is behind you.
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Best regards and Good Health