Guest guest Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I have been having a new and strange problem for the past week or so- my legs ache and become very tired by late afternoon. I don't work outside of the home, but this time of year (breeding season) I spend 3-5 hours a day on my feet working on my birds- I breed canaries. I have getting up and down the stairs all year without any difficulty other than the problems with my knee joint that comes and goes. About a week ago, I began to notice that my legs are aching my the end of the evening and walking up the stairs they feel weak. It is a muscular type of pain rather than in the joint. I also have burning, shooting sensations occasionally. Sometimes the last trip up the stairs is almost impossible and I am making it up only by pulling myself up using the handrail. This afternoon I noticed sitting on a hard chair that the back of my leg was hurting- a little investigation revealed that a number of veins in both legs are tender to the touch. I do not have any apparent varicose veins, which is what I thought of first. I did notice this morning when having blood drawn that my artery hurt more than the ordinary needle poke. Several years ago I did have a number of positive blood tests for vasculitis (without symptoms), but nothing recently. I have also been having problems with high blood pressure recently, which is also new. I have an appointment with my primary doc on Thursday, but I wonder what this could be- has anyone else ever had this sort of thing? ~Marie I have been running up and downI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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