Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Unfortunately, I have had the heavy legs and being off balance for a little over a year now. I have them when I get up or if I'm standing awhile. After I walk several steps, I feel my legs get less heavy. I can actually walk 2 miles at 15 minutes each mile. My neurologist wants me to have a second opinion after I finish my second round of physical therapy for balance. It sure gets discouraging.

My primary care provider had me go off statins after I developed severe thigh pain. I've now been off atorvastatin for eleven days, and the thigh pain is still there. Actually I think it's even worse than it's been beforehand. So I just wrote to my pcp on his patient portal to ask him what I should do. The pain is often excruciating. He had prescribed Ultram/Tramadol for the pain, but it doesn't help at all. I'm taking extra-strength Tylenol when the pain becomes unbearable, but no more than four tabs (500 mg each) per day.