Thanks! I have to admit that I'm kind of looking forward to having pain that will eventually go away compared to this constantly nagging, aching pain and weakness.

Definitely "act right" because it's bad enough when you have it and it goes away (I had it many, many years ago), but it's miserable when it doesn't go away. Are you wearing the band(s)? I have one from Mueller with a gel pad that really helps relieve some of the pain. I also have some exercises I got from PT that might help. If your interested, I think I can scan the sheet and send it to you. Unfortunately, none of them helped me...