Thanks Birdgirl-hmm interesting..I should have given you more background on the patient to give you a better picture of what's going on...she's a 70 y/o very pleasant lady who was diagnosed with uterine cancer and was treated with a series of radiation and chemotherapy (Taxol/Carboplaitin) treatments. Prior to this, the patient had no signs or symptoms of neuropathy. The patient noticed that while undergoing the chemo treatments, her feet began showing signs of numbness and pain which traveled up to her calves as the treatments continued. We're trying to find out how and why this occurred and now that her treatments are concluded, how much feeling will return and to what degree.

The doc thinks it might be related to the radiation treatments and not the chemotherapy, but the patient insists this began with the chemotherapy. She has no history of diabetes. I'm trying to see how these tests correlate with her present condition.

Or is he checking for something else?