Hello all, I need your expert opinions. For the past couple of weeks I've had pain in my right shoulder, collarbone, sternum, upper chest, shoulderblade, and high ribs. I actually had a couple of ribs that were dislocated, but even after I got them put back in, the pain persists. I can't breathe. I feel lightheaded almost to the point of passing out. The nerve that runs just about the bra-line and under the scapula is on fire, from my spine all the way around my side. The front of my shoulder joint got so tender it was painful to the touch. There has even been a painful spot under my armpit.

I've had two long massages, and been to the chiro twice. The chiro got the ribs back in place, but something in the area of lower cervical/upper thoracic vertebrae is locked up. He believes there's something going on with the brachial nerve plexus, causing intense muscle spasms. I can't get into my neuro until March 13th, and we are leaving for Florida (taking the kids to Disney) on the 16th. I don't know if I will be physically able to go at this point.

I've been debating going to the ER, but the last time I went in with something similar, which was my first episode of an MS hug, they ran a bunch of tests, patted me on the head and told me it was an anxiety attack, and sent me home with an rx for Valium.

Has anyone ever had this much problems from just an MS hug? My other theory is it could be a new c-spine lesion, or a pinched nerve or slipped disc. The only way to find out is to get some imaging scans done, MRI etc, and in the meantime I am completely nonfunctional, lying in bed wanting to die. I can't take NSAIDS or gabapentin, muscle relaxers do nothing, ice helps for a little while, valium helps some since it relaxes the muscles a bit. I'm not ashamed to say I've been hitting the whisky pretty hard, but that's not a long term solution. I really don't know what to do right now.