Diagnose me. Upper back chronic pain.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it worse in the morning before you get up and improves with movement?

Yes. It improves some but not all with movement.

[Anonymous]

Since you mentioned inflammation, have you tried a low inflammatory diet? I went on one after receiving a dx for an autoimmune disease and it helped overall body pain a lot. You may want to get testing for autoimmune as well. The diet protocol I did was Goodbye Lupus by Dr Brooke Goldner.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a double mastectomy and reconstruction in 2016. By 2018, I had nagging pain in between my shoulder blades, mostly left. My PCP was very dismissive and although we ran a few tests, nothing came of it. By 2020 my pain had become kind of unbearable. I started the round of orthopedic surgeons, spine surgeons, chiropractors, PT, massage therapists, etc. Thoracic outlet became the diagnosis, but didn’t really ring true because my arms do not hurt or have issues. Now today in 2024, the pain has now turned into more pain and now intense stiffness throughout my upper back. I try many things, but I mostly get on with it and suffer while being functional but miserable. I’d appreciate any new ideas. Can a chronic injury turn into a chronic inflammation issue?[/quote]

My mom had intractable back pain for about 20 years, and it turned out to be the metastatic breast cancer that killed her.

I’d pay out of pocket for the Grail Galleri liquid biopsy screen test, then get every cancer test ever if the Galleri test is positive.

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She was metastatic for 20 years without knowing it? And survived that long with it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it worse in the morning before you get up and improves with movement?

Yes. It improves some but not all with movement.

Go see a rheumatologist. This is a sign of an inflammatory or autoimmune process.