Hello

For about 3/4 years I’ve been having pins & needles/loss of sensation in my ring and pinky fingers on both hands. It started when I was pregnant, and so the midwives, clearly no time to consider it, dismissed it as Carpal Tunnel and told me to wear wrist splints... never helped, and so am still having on going investigations. Also when I was pregnant, I was diagnosed with stage 1 Melanoma, which was removed and I was told I had clear margins so should just be vigilant and get checked regularly (every 6mths - lots of moles).

I was referred to a rheumatologist after having an MRI, who told me that there is a paravertebral cystic lesion on my spine, just behind where my bra line sits. I thought, that must be the reason I’m getting the parathesia in my hands, which is now also happening to my feet and also getting phantom water trickles down my legs, along with sharp electric type shocks down my spine. The rheumatologist said that the symptoms weren’t related to the cyst and that if I hadn’t had melanoma in the past, he wouldn’t have bothered sending me for an MRI with contrast, which is what I’m currently waiting on...

Does anyone have any similar experience or symptoms? If it is a tumour on my spine, is surgery the first port of call? Or would they not know for certain simply from the MRI with contrast?

Anxious and confused

Gwymbo