Hi Robert,
Your doctor HAS to say that?? Makes no sense to me! I know my own doctor will tell me if he feels we have cause for worry, seems like he would just to cover his own butt.
Over the past 5 months or so I have been having alot of problems with my neck and with my back/shoulder. It had me spooked and I still will have some anxiety about it when I'm feeling scared and need something to fuss on. But, once my doctor and I rationalized it I realized why my shoulder and neck hurt. I had re-joined my active life at this time when it started to cause me pain, I was using my neck and shoulder in normal ways that I had not used them in close to a year. I was spotting tumbling again, lifting heavy bags of groceries, etc.
Also, I found that the way I was sitting at the computer while I obssesed over this board and obsessed over reading about cancer was causing damage to my shoulder.
I pray this is all that is wrong with you, it sure sounds like the same type of situation I had.
Minnie

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.