Eileen
Greetings; Take yourself seriously and go to a vascular physician who can order a vasculat study, non invasive, and it can determine if you have arterial blockage causing this pain which could be intermittent claudication. The muscles are not getting the blood flow and send out a lactate acid that causes the pain. I have peripheral vascular disease, I don't know if you do, but this test will tell you an awful lot. Don't ignore pain, do ignore those who minimize it, and get yourself some attention. Vascular disease is not limited to the arteries to and from the heart, hence, peripheral vascular disease. Good luck.