I recognize some old names here still. 8 years later I am still here. Wish I could say symptoms got better, they didn't but I learned to get on with it. 8 years later I just have I am 8 years older pain on top of it all but so be it. My calves still look like a bag of worms all the time, popping all over head to toe etc etc. Cramping all there. Most importantly though I would tell any newbie, like it hasn't been said a thousand times. Trust the doc.
I am hardly perfect at accepting this 8 yr. later as I am wanting answers and solutions personality type but I wish I could get back all the worry and missed memories due to focusing on this.