BIG car accident, broken right collarbone, sternum, left 8th rib, etc (seatbelt path, even with airbag). Collarbone didn't heal, fixed with plate and 8 screws at 3-1/2 months after accident. Few months later, vascular symptoms appearing in right arm. Big surprise, I make keloids inside & out. Have spent over six months just trying to find a competent doctor (local yokels are idiots. Head of vascular surgery at local hospital said he didn't believe a very clear MRA showing both artery and vein blockage because I didn't have clots. Therefore I didn't have a vascular problem. Told me to go away. sigh.)

When I "trigger" the arm blockage by moving wrong, it can cause my blood pressure and pulse to go way way up. Danger zone, sometimes. Cardiologist has increased bp medicine. Sometimes, when I overdo it, even my right eye gets the "grey curtain" effect across it (ophthalmologist confirms that's what it is). Then I sit very quiet, waiting for all to calm down, haven't gotten to point of calling 911, yet.

Still have swollen lump area (soft tissue) at base of neck. Neck-end of collarbone/sternum area is sore, "stuck" with scar tissue I can feel is there (and recent CT scan seems to confirm, tho plate in collarbone is interfering with good pictures). When I move my shoulder up or forward, lump and stuck spot end up feeling like someone's fist is knuckling into my neck.

Last couple weeks, sometimes even when not moving feeling like a rock is pressing into my neck. Couple of days has felt like someone's hands are around the base of my neck, squeezing. More often, now, strange, unpleasant feeling in my lower neck, kinda alongside windpipe, don't know how to describe it--tickling/tingling is too gentle, not twitching as this is more constant, buzzing but not a buzz, just constant like that. I just want to rub or grab and pull my neck/muscles to make it stop. Feels also like a fullness or pressure, but without pushing inward. Like I said, I don't know how to describe it exactly, but it's really unpleasant and as it becomes more constant, it is REALLY getting to me.

Seems to coincide with high pulse rate (to 100 or more), but not necessarily always so (or else things change by the time I bother to go get the bp machine).

Does anyone know what this might be? Or how I better describe it to a doctor? Haven't gone yet, I go too much with too many problems (it was a big accident. Lots of stuff still going on. Much they haven't even bothered to address yet.) Did have a thyroid check (bloodwork, exam) with an endocrinologist in January as ophthalmologist checking eyes saw cause for concern, but endocrinologist said all was fine.

This weird uncomfortable neck thing is just really getting to me now.