Thanks for the replies.

Carole - I'll PM you tomorrow.

Catty - my body doesn't process anything well.

I have had multiple symptoms for many years, and just recently my primary care doc put them all together. I'm surprised no one came up with this diagnosis sooner, as right now, it's as plain as the nose on my face. But when the orthopedic guy sees one thing, the surgeon sees something else, and the GI specialist sees yet something else, and they all have tunnel vision and are fixed on their own specialty, then I guess it's understandable. Then one doc puts all the pieces together that the specialists have - and there's the answer. At least now I know that it wasn't all my imagination, and it explains some of the issues that nobody had an answer for previously.