this might be kinda long but whatever... so i went to an orthopedic surgeon because i had been having extreme pain in the underside of my forearm along the bone when i lift or do anything else that puts too much strain on it. i figured it might be some kind of stress fracture so i thought it may be a good idea to see a doctor so my forearm doesn't break!

so i go to this guy and tell him about it and he agrees that it might be a stress fracture but sounds unsure because he hasn't ever really heard of this before....so just in case, he gives me an MRI. about a week later the MRIs came back. he tells me that i have "accessory muscles surrounding the ulnar nerve." he said that he's never seen or heard of anything like it, he explains that the ulnar nerve is the main nerve from your elbow to your hands and it controls most of the functioning. so these extra muscles are growing around the ulnar nerve in my elbow and cutting it off more and more slowly and that is what is causing the pain in my forearm.

so basically as i continue to lift and grow the muscles get bigger and constrict the nerve more... so he had me go get a nerve study done. they hooked up electrodes to my fingers and arm and stuck needles in my hand while they shocked me about 30 times (kinda painful lol) to see how much function the ulnar nerve has lost because of the constriction. they said that i was right on the borderline where i could make the decision whether or not i wanted to get the surgery to basically go in and cut the muscles to release them from the nerve.

has anybody ever heard of this or experienced it themselves? don't know whether i should just ignore it and deal with the pain as i continue to my weight goal or go ahead and get the surgery and have to deal with recovery time.