Thank you for the reply. I have the name of an ENT to call tomorrow. I want to get in ASAP since this thing has changed over the past 3 weeks with more pain/burning/numbness. I'm having chronic bouts of diarrhea and overwhelming fatigue for the past few months also, don't know if it's related or not. Reading these posts has given me more strength to begin dealing with this and what's ahead. By the way, I'm 55 yrs. old single no children, just a wonderful little shih-tzu doggie named Sweetie. My prayers are with all of you here. Jackie Dayton