I have had a pain in my left side for over 4 years now. Its a mix of sharp from my shoulder to my wrist as well as a dulling pain when things calm down. I think it is related to budging disk issues, but who knows because doctors don't do anything. Every doctor has given me some vague explanation and threw medicine my way. I got a medication that is used to treat epilepsy based on a vague diagnosis.

Over the past 4 years I have gone insane. I have to essentially be my own doctor because no one is willing to help me. Like the guy in the article, I too have freaked out thinking it was cancer and probably spread very far.

I gave up on figuring it out. I absolutely despise doctors with a passion, so much so that I would gladly accept cancer and death into my life than have to deal with doctors. However, before death, I demand that med school gives me an MD since I have to do everything myself anyways.