Valese, Have you looked thru our useful stickys too?

And your upper body/arm sx could be totally separate from the lower body sx esp since you had that spell.

[rheumatic spell right before all this happened. I had burning across my hips upmy back and down my thighs for about 3 months.]

Did the PT call yours an extra Cervical rib?
that could explain your neck/arm pains.