I’m not sure it ever goes away, though my mind does take a break every now and then.
I’ve tried to think of these aches and pains this way: just because I have melanoma doesn’t mean my body won’t go through normal aches and pains. Lots of times stress causes aches and pains. The more you stress, the more they persist. For example, I had issues with pain in my left jaw and ear about a year out from my diagnosis. Before I went into full panic mode, I tried to tune into what I was doing at the time the pain hit — turns out I was clenching my jaw each time. When I unclenched it, the pain disappeared. The constant clenching would also explain the cracked molar I ended up with. 😆