Loved your post navivi!! This is just what I needed to hear!! I hope our mutual side effects cease and desist after at least 12 months! Those statins do damage to nerve fibers. 🙁 As you have probably read, statins caused my Achilles tendon to swell up and cause me great alarm. I am hoping the swelling goes away in the next few months. I stopped my stain in June!! I still have calf discomfort aching and stiffness. Feet pads still a little stiff, but much improved. Saw an Orthopedic guy last week, but he was very nonchalant about my Achilles tendon and didn't even take an xray. It is common knowledge (on-line) that unless the A-tendon is not ruptured, it will heal on it's own. My PA and Orthopedic confirmed this. Having patience over the healing time line is tedious though, isn't it?!!!! 🙂 d.