in reply to @loribmt I have not checked out the sites you recommended and will go to my appointment today "blind." However, I have seen several posts about bone pain, and I have been having similar symptoms. I will discuss this with the doctor later today. My father died from MM and therefore, my anxiety about this appointment is heightened. I am still maintaining my positive attitude, figuring that any day above the ground is a good one, albeit the pain which is calmed with medication. I have survived many difficulties in this sorry life of mine, and I will not let anything destroy my gratitude, sense of humanity and things of that nature. And, while my mother always told me to "pull yourself up by your bootstraps", if I have a meltdown following today's appointment, so be it.