DC IN BOTH HANDS , LEFT FINGURE ALMOST AT PALM. WENT TO SURGEON IN 99, SAID TO WAIT AND WATCH, ONLY HAD NODULES THEN. MEDICAL HISTORY. CAUCASIAN, IRISH DESCENT, FEMALE AGE 64, NOTICED IN 98, EXTREME STRESS EMOTIONAL FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE, DON,T DRINK, DO SMOKE, NO DIABETUS, BUT RUNS IN FAMILY, HISTORY OF AUTO/IMMUN. DESEASES, GRAVES , HYPO THROID, NO ONE IN MY FAMILY HAS HAD THAT I KNOW OF. LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA , TRAVELING TO EUROPE SEEMS NOT AN OPTION.MEDICATIONS, TAKE SYNTHROID, XANAX, , WOULD THE XANAX HAVE SOME EFFECT ON THE HEALING OF YOUR BODY. LINDA