EE,

What did they diagnose you with?

I've suspected a shoulder problem, maybe a labrum tear, but so many orthos and other have evaluated me and can't find much wrong with my shoulder. There's some partial tears in there, but most say "nothing abnormal for a 42 year old."

The funny thing is that I was scheduled to have shoulder surgery in less than a week. Reading up on some of these conditions, if I indeed have one, it sounds like surgery could make them worse.

I feel like I'm in the early stages of...something. It's been two weeks with this elbow pain and no sign of it letting up. The neuontin has cut the edge off, but I know it's still there.

Any advice anyone can give me to help diagnose what's going on would be of great help. I'm going to see a local neurologist in the southeeastern MA area. Also going back to my ortho to explain the situation and have the elbow checked out.

Should I look into some other type of doctor?

What's really annoying about this situation is that for months I've been trying to explain this "other" type of pain I have on the scap/armpit/upper arm along with muscle twitching and spasms. Pretty much ignored. It wasn't until I basically can't move my arm that I'm getting attention.

Really hoping my initial injury caused some nerve entrapement of some kind that needs to be released.

Thanks.

KY