countrygirl
22-12-15, 20:17
About 6 months ago i started having pain in top of my arm on certain arm movements, not frozen shoulder as such. I eventually went to Dr who said its your shoulder and as there was a very long wait for nhs physio ( 6 months) I have paid for physio and had 6 visits. Its very slightly better but the physio is not concerned as he says shoulders take ages to get right. He says I have a weak and painful shoulder and the arm muscles are being overworked hence the pain on certain movements.
Plus I have a problem with pain in my second finger on same arm. I only get it when I grip even if I don't grip with my second finger. Worse in mornings and slightly less painful as day goes on. The physio cannot really work out what this is.
So my worry is that 14 years ago my mother died of breast cancer that had spread to her bones. Her first symptom was a very painful shoulder :scared15: that for 3 months was treated as a frozen shoulder until an xray showed it for what it was. She had had the initial cancer 6 years before.
Part of me wants to rush to the Dr and demand an exray of my shoulder and finger but I have had so many x rays over the years that I know its not in my best interests to have more.
I have an appt with GP next week and am debating admitting my underlying fear to him and asking how I can be reassured but on other hand don't want him to immediately dismiss me as just health anxiety.
What do you all think?
Plus I have a problem with pain in my second finger on same arm. I only get it when I grip even if I don't grip with my second finger. Worse in mornings and slightly less painful as day goes on. The physio cannot really work out what this is.
So my worry is that 14 years ago my mother died of breast cancer that had spread to her bones. Her first symptom was a very painful shoulder :scared15: that for 3 months was treated as a frozen shoulder until an xray showed it for what it was. She had had the initial cancer 6 years before.
Part of me wants to rush to the Dr and demand an exray of my shoulder and finger but I have had so many x rays over the years that I know its not in my best interests to have more.
I have an appt with GP next week and am debating admitting my underlying fear to him and asking how I can be reassured but on other hand don't want him to immediately dismiss me as just health anxiety.
What do you all think?