This was two fully ruptured discs and required cervical neck fusion surgery. There was no pain in my neck either, it was all in my arm. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling horrible pain in my left arm. Being an overweight diabetic who drinks like a fish, I just assumed it was my heart getting ready to explode.

The strange part was that holding my left arm over my head made the pain go away. When I'd put my arm down, I'd feel a horrible pain building in the arm like it was going to burst. I went around looking like a lunatic with my arm draped over my head until I finally found someone to give me an MRI and diagnose the problem. Even after neck surgery, I still have slight numbness in my left hand from nerve damage.