Severe Shoulder Pain

[pcjoy]

I am having severe left shoulder pain.  It is so bad that I cry daily and with 4 children which I had natural, I feel that I have a high tolerance to pain.  My left arm and my neck up to the jawbone goes numb at times.  The shoulder pain never goes away. I keep ice on it a lot plus take pain medicine and a muscle relaxer but nothing helps.  I have tried patches, creams, massage, etc.
A little History:  I have not done anything to hurt it.  I had (left) thyroid cancer in 99 which spread to my other thyroid.  I did have a cyst in that area that my husband squeezed very hard and a lot of white stringy stinky pus came out.  I believe it was just a few days before the pain started.  I didn't know if any of that could cause the pain.  
Any help would be appreciated.  

[justanut]

Hope this helps.  I just had c5-7 fused  last Tue. I had to stretch alot to help the pain and numbness. Reach accross your body and gently push on your elbow as you can to stretch neck/shoulders. Oh yea check out the "Budwig diet", she found this in 1951, that helps Cancer, M.S., diabetes, Eczema, psorisis and arthritis. MD Anderson uses it. Prayers are with you.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
I am sorry to hear about your pain. If you had thyroid cancer then you should ideally get a bone scan done to rule out any cancer in the bone. It can also be a referred pain from abdomen like stomach ulcers, acidity, pancreatitis, or from the chest like in heart attack, pericarditis, pleuritis, pneumonia, and pulmonary embolus. Please discuss with your doctor. You need some urgent tests. Take care!

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