Pain in lower front legs

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I have been having a time of it trying to get through all the posts

here, so patience please. I don't know how you all do it.

Anyhow, I am so relieved to read of the various types of pain others

with FM suffer from. I too have episodes where the muscles/tendons of

my lower legs just scream for relief. I never told a soul, as I have so

much wrong with me already that I don't get any understanding from a

soul for the pain I suffer. Wow, I feel validated, here at least.

I do not currently have a rheumy, and just get ultram from my primary

care doc for the pain. As we all know, it sometimes helps and sometimes

does not help. Doc gave me the extended release form in a few samples

and it works better than the regular for me, but my insurance copay is

$50 for it, while I can get the tramadol for $5 copay at KMart. With

all my meds, I can't afford very many of the $50 scripts, and some of

mine don't have a generic form as yet, or my insurance won't cover it.

It helps just knowing that I'm not crazy, that this pain is real and

not imagined. I mean, how could all these people have the same aches

and pains in the same places. It's been tough recently with my feet

feeling so painful. Now I know my complaints aren't in my head. They're

real, as real as the pain in my degenerating hip and knees.

girlsaylor