Q: What's Causing Unexplained Shoulder Pain ?
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john30563
on November 12th, 2007
New User
I started experiencing should pain in my right shoulder about 5 months ago. It has always been intermittent. Sometimes it is unbearable, sometimes it is a constant pain. The pain seems to be in the top of my shoulder where my arm meets the shoulder. When it had gotten so bad that I could not play basketball with my daughter or throw the football with my son without being in pain for days after, I decided to see my PCP. He assumed since the pain was 5 months old, I needed an MRI. After the MRI the radiologist's report stated I had no ligament and/or joint damage in the shoulder. He did however see a possible bone marrow edema/bone lesion/small fracture in my clavicle in the shoulder. The PCP doc determined I needed a bone scan. So today after the nuclear medicine bone scan that radiologist sees nothing abnormal in the scan of the shoulder. I can feel the shoulder pop when moving it. I am now almost $3K into this thing and still have no explanation of what is going on or what we are going to do. Insurance has picked up the bulk of the bill, but I just need some help on questions to ask now. I have to wait on the PCP to refer me to an orthopedic, or the insurance doesn't pay. Thanks!!!
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