clippertwo, My goodness, you most certainly have had a rough time, lately! No problem with the spelling! I have a similar problem! For a number of years, my left shoulder would go out of socket, in a painful manner, every so often! I have a torn rotator cuff! Also, I have severe arthritis, where my knees are bone on bone! I have loose joints, inherited, that doesn’t help matters! I use a stylus pen, when I type my answers and posts, because of Parkinson’s and essential tremor, so that helps my typing mistakes, sometimes! Perhaps I should consider Mayo Clinic, regarding my shoulder and arthritic problems! Regarding diagnoses, it’s extremely difficult, for many neurologists, to diagnose Parkinson’s, because of the many variabilities of symptoms, that might be Parkinson’s related, or could be another, perhaps, similar, neurological disorder. For example, an initial symptom I had, years ago, was muscle twitching in my forearms particularly. I thought I might be losing some muscle mass, in spite of building muscle, while weight lifting, at the time! Muscle twitching could be a sign of the neorological ailment, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. However, I did not have muscle weakness. Upon seeing a well respected neurologist, in Cleveland, Ohio, she admitted me to hospital, for tests! I was in hospital for nearly a week, where EEG’s, muscle conduction studies, were performed! I had a CAT scan, and MRI. After all the testing, the neurologist diagnosed me with possible Multiple Sclerosis. I had that diagnosis, for several years, until my symptoms got worse, when I was readmitted to hospital, for more testing! This time, I was referred to a neurosurgeon, Dr. White, Chief, well known in the Neurosurgical Community. Dr. White performed an invasive catheter exploration of my brain arteries, angiography, where they initially had come up with thinking I had a brain tumor, based on an up-to-date MRI! The neurosurgeons found, with the angiogram, that I had an artery that was pressing in on my brainstem, causing msny of my subtle symptoms. At first, they told me, they could operate to relieve the pressure; however, it would be very dangerous to operate on that particular area, the mid brain, at the cerebellar pontine angle, and even if the operation was successful, I might not wake up from anesthesia, because the brain’s consciousness center is in that area! That surprised me, and it was upsetting to hear that I had a condition, considered to be inoperable! So, Dr. White put me on propanolol, and that beta-blocker, plus another blood pressure medicine, Diovan, have kept my blood pressure, and heart rate lower, thus minimizing symptoms, for the last 50 years! So, that is just one of my story’s about the path, to getting the right diagnosis. I have written on this blog, my story of how I got the diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease, which took about 7 years of living with symptoms, before I was diagnosed! So, the bottom line, is that I understand your frustration, about uncertain diagnosis! The saying goes, ‘having patience is a virtue’! Good luck to you! D