@lynmen
Thank you. And thanks to everyone else who mentioned the shockwave therapy. I saw the doctor today and I'm going to have 4 sessions of that starting next week. I REALLY appreciate the wonderful input here because I knew zero about it before people brought it up. FWIW, he told me to try to really minimize the tylenol and advil because I'm on gabapentin and a week into duloxetine - too many pills, he said, and I totally agree. So far no problems with the duloxetine, but I know one has to be very watchful for side effects. And I'll be going back to the doc who prescribed it in 3 weeks. I hope the TENS helps you.