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I got a flu shot in my left arm at my doctor's office in December and I've been experiencing the same symptoms as everyone else has described ever since--deep,aching muscle pain at the injection site especially at night and muscle weakness, and sharp pain when I raise my arm that mimics rotator cuff pain. After the flu shot I noticed that there was more injection site pain than I ever had in the past, and then I developed an unusually large amount of bruising that lasted more than 2 weeks. Since I've had rotatator cuff issues in my right shoulder in the past, I knew the pain in my left arm wasn't coming from my rotator cuff--the pain is definitely in the muscle, a little above above the midpoint between the shoulder and elbow--but the pain does radiate into the shoulder with movement. I didn't want to be labled a whiner or complainer either so I haven't called my doctor about it--I've just been waiting for it to go away, but it's been 3 months and it hasn't improved. After reading everyone's postings I realized it's definitely not "just me" and I scheduled a doctor's appointment.