Re: Shoulder pain, etc.
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Mar 22 08:26:31 2002
Hi... I am 28/Female and have been sufferu=ing through this pain as
well. This pain started one year ago but first with a stiff neck then
with pain in my left shoulder blade with then got worse with chest pain
(left side). This pain would get worse in bed causing me to cry out
several times in the middle of the night.
I went to the doctor, x-ray clear, MRI - C4 H.Disk. Had surgery last
July, they said my disk had actually detached from the spine and was
floating in my spinal cord.
Woke up, felt pretty okay, neck was great but still some pain in my left
shoulder. Went to physical theorpy for awhile then they said it was
perm. nerve damage... I though, hey I could deal with it, at least I
could function.
Well, last week, the pain has progressed and I am exactly in the same
pain I was last year. Had an emergency visit with the surgeon he took
x-rays everything looks fine. He told me to go to my physician to check
out this e.reflux.
Did some research, i can't seem to believe this is acid reflux... It
hurts all the time not only when i eat... Someone mentioned
gallbladder, but I don't know.
Have an appointment in 3 weeks... Hope the doctor knows what is going
on... Keep you posted...
At Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Wanda wrote:
>
>KB....
>
>I would try another Dr..... There is no reason why you should be in so much
>pain
>
>Hugs,
>Wanda
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "D.N." <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ENDO" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:32 PM
>Subject: Re: Shoulder pain, etc.
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't have this problem now, but after I had my last ovary removed
>> (almost all of it anyway). My doc said it was because of the surgery.
>> Also, shoulder pain is common symptom if a woman has an ectopic
>> pregnancy. I think that there is some kind of common nerve. So it
>> isn't so far fetched to think that if there is endo around the ovarian
>> area, it could certainly cause shoulder pain. I would mention the
>> ectopic pregancy/shoulder pain thing to your doc. Sometimes I think
>> that if docs haven't seen or read about something they dismiss it. This
>> is not a put down of docs, but they think in a scientific way. I think
>> there is just not enough known about endo and it is a constant learning
>> process for patients and docs.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> D.N.
>>
>> At Wed, 16 Jan 2002, anonymous wrote:
>> >
>> >At Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Kari wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Hi. This is the first time I have ever done this before, but my dear
>> >>co-worker found this site and told me I should check it out. I can't
>> >>believe this. You all have it too! I have been telling doctor after
>> >>doctor about the intense pain in my left sholder during my period, and
>> >>they just laugh me off. They all say, "that's a new one on me.. your
>> >>fine. Take some tylonol." The pain is graphic. I don't even know what
>> >>I am saying when I am in that state. My husband, God bless him, says
>> >>that I just cry out that I want to die. This happens EVERY MONTH!!!
>> >>
>> >>Is there anything I can do? I put ice on it, then heat. I put muscle
>> >>relaxing cream on, I take tylonol and stay immobile. I HATE to lie
>> >>down. The pain doubles! It starts toward the evening of my first day,
>> >>then intensifies over night. The next morning I can't even move. Then
>> >>by the afternoon of day 2 the pain is tolerable.. and gone by the end
>> >>of day 3. It is a 48-72 hour cycle.
>> >>
>> >>Is there anything I can do or anything I can say to the doctor so that
>> >>they might take me seriously.
>> >>
>> >>Thank you. And, sorry this is so long.. I just am so happy to have
>> >>someone to talk to about this!!! Thank you again.
>> >>-kb
>> >>
>> >>t Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Joy Schutzman wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>Yenta and Cherie,
>> >>> I get almost everything that you just described! I get the
>> >>>chest/diaphragm pain...I even went to my doctor thinking that it was a
>heart
>> >>>condition, but they couldn't find anything with X-ray, and told me not
>to
>> >>>exercise for awhile. But it comes and goes. Every once in awhile I have
>chest
>> >>>pains. I also get pains in my shoulders, like the two of you. I tend to
>blame
>> >>>them on weird sleeping positions, or tension, but I'm not really sure
>what they
>> >>>are! I haven't been too concerned with them, as the lower ab and lower
>back
>> >>>endo pain is on the top of my pain list lately.
>> >>>Hope you get some answers! Joy in CA
>> >>>
>> >>>yenta wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> YES!!!!! I, too, have the left shoulder pain as well as an upper left
>> >>>> chest pain which comes and goes -- sometimes severe with flareups,
>> >>>> burning pain under left armpit on left side of chest/diaphragm flares
>> >>>> occasionally, and left and right diaphragmatic pains at lower ribs
>which
>> >>>> also comes and goes. You are not alone!
>> >>>> Y.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> At Tue, 13 Apr 1999, T wrote:
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Six months ago I had my 2nd laporoscopy. I have stage 4 endo
>and am
>> >>>> >on bcp (not continuous). The last couple of months when I have my
>> >>>> >period, I have the usual lower back pain but now I also have pain in
>my
>> >>>> >left shoulder blade. Has anyone else had this
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >Cherie
>> >>>>
>>
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