I went to the primary physican yesterday for my shoulder. While I was there I mentioned the ringing and the heartbeat in my ear. Her response was, "that's not totally abnormal." She was not concerned with it at all. I will mention it to my ENT when I visit him next month. Anyway, she sent me to an orthopaedic today. He did not see anything on xrays that would have been caused by injury and is thinking it is tendonitis or rotator cuff tear. He did see a spot on my bone below the shoulder. I have a mri Monday evening and back to his office on Thursday. It will definitely be a long wait. If the mri shows up fine for my shoulder I will start physical therapy. Please keep me in your prayers that the spot is not cancerous. He was not too concerned with it but stated given my history everything needs to be checked out. Thanks mary