Hand and foot pain

The pain in my hands and fingers that I wrote about in my last post continues to trouble me.  I am becoming less and less convinced the pain is due to re-activated Shingles.  For one, the pain has migrated to my left hand too.  From what I understand, Shingles will never cross over to the other side of the body--it always stays on one side.  Also, I never did develop a rash this time, and the problem doesn't seem to be improving with time.

A couple weeks ago, I started feeling the same pain that I have in my fingers in my toes too.  And even when my toes aren't hurting, both of my feet feel twitchy.  It's a difficult sensation to describe because my feet and toes never actually twitch.  They simply feel twitchy.  I don't know if there's a word for that sensation, but it obviously has something to do with the nerves.

At the same time, I have also been feeling that pain and twitchy-ness in my throat.  When it's particularly bad, it also feels like there is a lump in my throat and it feels like it's difficult to swallow.

The one bright spot is that the headaches and brain fog that accompanies this recent cluster of symptoms at the onset has disappeared.  That only lasted the first week or so, which is a huge relief.

Because of this new cluster of symptoms, I recently made an appointment with a neurologist.  (She is booked until late June, so I have to wait a little while.)  I have never before consulted a neurologist before, but I think it's time for some testing.  Other ME patient friends have warned me not to expect much.  I do understand that the neurologist may simply run a couple basic tests and that these basic tests aren't likely to result in useful information.  I understand that's a possible, maybe even likely, outcome but I need to try something.