Questions about pain

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Hi all. Long time no visit, I know, but I haven't been to any

bulletin boards or online communities for a while.

Anyway, I have questions about pain. I never thought much about

pain and its relation to CMT until I came here and read about other

peoples' experiences. I guess my first question is: How do you

know that a certain pain is related to CMT? Is it the placement of

the pain? Or the duration?

I have often wondered about this, but it is no longer theoretical

right now. It is 4:15am and I am not able to sleep because of the

pain. It is in the back of both legs, from the point of the

buttocks on down through the upper legs and down through the

calves. It feels like it is travelling down the leg along the same

line that the seam of womens stockings did in the '40s. I thought

it might be from sitting all day and evening, but now that I am

perched on the edge of the seat of a chair, it actually seems to be

less.

Historically, I have had pains similar to this many times before.

In those instances, the pain was limited to one leg or the other,

and was just a dull ache, but was VERY annoying. It felt as if it

went all the way down to the bone marrow. All my life I have put

this down to CMT, and all my life, no doctor has really taken it

seriously. Usually, it would go away in a day or two.

This time is a little different. First, it is in both legs.

Second, it is more than just a dull ache. It actually feels as

though the muscles in the back of my leg have contracted and are

staying that way. There seems to be no stretching out of this one.

Second, I did do some calf stretching in the pool the day before

yesterday, so I guess it could be a result of that. I am WAY out of

shape, and very overweight, so I guess it could be a result of the

stretching, but it doesn't feel like that post-workout pain.

I am not asking anybody to diagnose me over the internet, but I

would like to hear if anybody has experienced anything similar, and

also to hear about other people's CMT pain. What does it feel like

and where in the body does it occur?

Thanks!