new type of pain, ? related to PA

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hi all, last night i awoke with a searing pain that extended from my

shoulder , my rib cage on the left side and down my left arm. my wrist was

brutally sore but i don't know if the burning was worse. i could not use my

left arm it was so heavy and in searing pain. i was scared witless and

almost woke the kids as my husband had left in the wee hours for work.(

4:30 a.m). to cry would have hurt. i positioned myself sitting up in bed

and wrapped a heating pad on my ribs so that it would contact my arm as

well...when i finally dozed i awoke again at 7:30 and the pain was gone. i

am premenopausal so i decided this was not cardiac and also the discomfort

(understatement) extended over a much larger area than i'm accustomed to

patients describing ....never have i heard a patient mention

chest,shoulder,ribs and arm. the heating pad did not make the burning

feeling worse...is this anything PA??? HELP!