Gerry, my worry was never about having bowel cancer because I do trust my instincts and these told me that I only had a couple of haemorrhoids. I just knew that in my case, the colonoscopy would be unlikely to give me the clues about what is wrong. I also felt that I didn't have an IBD.

It is much harder to diagnose MM (I have a friend with it) and lots of my signs and symptoms point to it. But my instincts say that I might well have Sjogrens - hopefully the lip biopsy will yield positive results at last and then I will feel as if I've won the lottery! You can't hold worry down in a born Worrypot like me!

You are right though about knowing too much. But when two rheumatologists both run specific tests then inevitably I wanted to know what these tests were for. The first time I checked out the Bence Jones and sighed huge sigh of relief when it was negative (5pm Xmas Eve). By the time the second one showed negative I had learned that only 50% of those with Multiple Meoloma have positive Bence Jones. Finding out that I have Sjogrens or Lupus or my RA comes back will feel very good - but if not then my knowledge will have me pushing harder than ever for answers and that won't be a bad thing. Mat X