I can tell when it’s really humid out or when I’ve had too much salt or done too much walking because my ankle swells and my leg feels weird. It’s a restless leg syndrome type thing and it’s so very annoying.  One of those lovely side effects to losing some of my lymph nodes, I guess.

I’m fairly certain there are parts of my leg that will never regain feeling – but, I’m lucky.  The numbness is on the surface; my leg is still fully functional.

But when I get phantom itching or random twinges or twinges that run all the way up and back down my leg for hours, it’s hard to remember lucky and not just be annoyed (or slightly panicked, to be honest) by it.

My last check ups have been perfectly fine.  I haven’t noticed anything odd.

But that doesn’t mean that those big twinges or odd feelings don’t make my heart leap into my throat every once in a while.  I suppose that’s a feeling that probably never goes away.