Hi Mona. Thank you for responding. You're right. I haven't been to the doctor in that long. I have been through a lot in my life over the past four years and now I am 1800 miles away from my family and friends after a huge move. I am ready to get healthy - I am working out, eating right, drinking a ton of water, nixing soda. AND I have made an appointment with a gyn here in my new town. She was highly recommended to me but it will take until Feb before she can see me. So I am planning on going to a general practitioner before that to get this "thing" looked at. Thank you for your words of encouragement. I know we don't know each other but just you saying "Chances are it's nothing" helped me sleep a little last night. Take care.

EllenP123 , I have been mulling over what to post since I read the above last week. I am sure you did not intend it to be humerus but I laughed reading that you" went to bed 49 and woke up 100". I have been struggling with horrific leg pain for over two years. I daily think holy moly how in the world do people with chronic pain function.Although I have been dealing with my leg pain for months I am not going to categorized it as chronic. My first reaction to my leg pain was to see an ortho specialist who dx the leg pain as stress fractures since I had carried over 900 pieces of granite over a two week period. Yup I counted them. The M.D. gave me a few packets of celebrex that was given to him by the pharmaceutical sales rep. I told the Doctor I am allergic to Aleeve. Alleeve makes me swell and I gained five pounds after three doses. I was smart and had removed my wedding band . It took a good week to reduce the swelling since Alleve has a long half life. Those who are allergic to aleeve are recommended not to take celebrex. I questioned the Medical Doctor who assured me I was misinformed. I took one dose on the way home since the leg pain was horrific. Within two hours I was a mess. It felt as someone was squeezing my heart. I did not need to be hospitalized but monitored . I no longer take Motrin since this is a sister NSAID of celebrex and Aleeve. My point is there are some majorly hubris doctors out there who screw up at your expense. I have had a few nights where I cry cause the leg pain is horrible. No position soothes the ache . I have tried rest, aspirin, warm soaks, ice packs, massage therapy,accupuncture and a dose of darvocet . I came across a book a few years ago about how the body is aligned in two parts. While attempting to find a position to relieve the pain I massaged my toes, foot pad, achilles tendon, tibia ,fibula, knee,thigh, hip ,butt and lower back with a tennis ball. What I figured out is that the pain is in my knee area but when I massage the upper thigh and achilles the pain goes away. A few years a go I had tennis elbow from shoveling the driveway for five hours. When I massaged the shoulder blade and my pectoral muscle the elbow pain disappeared. Pain is not simple . One must identify the source. For me the pain is due to overused muscles and menopause. I am tiny but can llft 60 pounds with ease. If you gave me 62 lbs I balk. I think for some the pain we are experiencing is the lose of estrogen so our tendons get brittle. I too went to bed feeling great and awoke with the crippling pain. What i found that works is to take care of yourself. Take breaks when doing your chores. Swim. Stay active. Place down pillows under your hip and knees at night. Take calcium with magnesium DAILY eat bananas three times a week. The potassium helps with any cramps MAssage your legs from toes to butt with a rolling pin or tennis ball. Make sure you stretch the ham strings( the rear thigh leg muscles). So after two years of several medical visits, accupuncture treatments and masseuse visits for me I figured out what works for me. Some who go into menopause never experience leg pain whereas others are crippled. I was 45 when the periods stopped. My male ob gyn said this was impossible. Sorry but not everyone is a text book case. I have had some wonderful male physicians but at this point in my life I need someone who is informed on a women's life cycle. THe key is to enjoy life. Drink the coffee if it makes you feel good. You will need to experiment with your diet , and supplements. I found that black cohosh did squat. Eating the bananas and religiously taking my calcium with Mg helps. You are not alone. Pilates helped too!!!!!! My mind is racing since I need to get my chores done. A sip of wine at night helps some. For me a little rhum took the pain down a notch. My best solution is the stretcthing and staying active. I am still in pain at times but I can manage it.

I had something like that once. When I would lie down or bend over it would cause shooting pains that would take away my breath. I went to the dr and he said that I should use ibuprofen and alternate between hot and cold packs. He said that he thought that is was a duct that was infected or inflammed. It went away in a few days. Hope this helps! Angela

So if it's just stretching tissue/muscle/ligaments, support will help it. Especially, if you're never without support (which was the point of my "sleeping" comment. Oops! Left that out). If it's an inflamed lymph node, you'd have get well from whatever would make it inflammed. Good point joanie. Any other symptoms you hadn't necessarily as being associated with this? For example, congestion, wheezing, sore back or painful breathing, might indicate pneumonia like joanie said. Why I asked if any medications alleviate any of the problem? It's how I realize, what might be wrong. When I had a broken bone, nothing would make it stop hurting. Nothing. Not pain relievers, ice, heat. NOTHING! So off to a doctor I went. It wasn't one of those obvious, fall and it hurts. It was a hairline fracture in a non-weight bearing bone. So, really, I couldn't figure it out. Usually, whatever helps, or doesn't, clues me in to what direction I can go to feel better. Like, if I can take a handful of Advil and my back quits hurting, it wasn't nerve stuff. Does anything put a dent in your pain level? I would think hormonal issues wouldn't be affected by pain relievers either.