Shaunna - do you have diabetes? (Am I allowed to ask in a public forum!) Because I hear diabetic neuropathy can be super painful! Given how frustrated I am, I can only imagine how bad this must be for you! At least I know what I have, even if I am not sure what the best way to treat it is.

Ab - glad you are happy with your doc - it's a tough decision - I think I would opt for a pin over a hip replacement, though. Hope the next 2 weeks are the ones that have you finally pain free..

The hip replacement is the threat if I dont use the crutches. (ie, dont be stupid or else!) Pin is the other option if I am fed up and want to treat aggressively. I was in e-mail contact with her yesterday and she agrees that given how benign it is now, we should wait. (If it wasnt getting worse I wouldnt even think about it.) I am meeting with her in 2 weeks, but in her e-mail she said she would recommend waiting a month. Of course, that puts me at the beginning of 5 weeks of general surgery which will be much harder to miss\make up as compared to 2 weeks of ortho which I can either miss (they should understand!) or make up in July or something. If I am going to end up going the surgery route I would rather do it sooner than later and get it over with so I can move on in my life. Then again, I would prefer to avoid it if I can. I cant believe what a mess this has turned into! And I still wonder what would have happened if I had it diagnosed in the beg of Feb when I first went to see someone! Yes, I know. The retrospectoscope is always 20/20. Thanks for the magic fairy! I hope that fairy dust will help too!

amcneice - congrats on the healed tibia! I'll keep my fingers crossed that the MRI has good news - you know, the kind which shows something that is wrong, explaining your pain, but that can be fixed easily.

Things checked out okay much to my dismay, Dr. told me to start up on it and see if and when the pain returned. Gotten a couple of smaller runs in with no pain so maybe the broken leg was a godsend. We'll see.