Is it normal for my arm muscle in my shoulder to hurt 2 weeks after flu shot?

i just got my flu shot today 11/12/12 at my OBgyn my armis rather sore and i took a really long nap shortly sfter i left the doctor office, im curious of how long is it supose to hurt for? could it have adverse efects on my unborn child if i do not react well?

I got my flu shot on Friday 11/9/12 and it didn't hurt at first but then it started really aching from my back, shoulder and shooting down my arm to my fingertips. My hand feels kind of numb. Does this sound like any of the reactions others have had? Is there risk that this could be Guillan Barre Syndrome? The descriptions mostly talk about it starting in the feet and legs. I've never had an adverse reaction to a flu shot before. I don't have the mobility problems at this point that others have described but it has only been about 52 hours since the shot. It is very achy and uncomfortable.

I came across this site because I have been having pain and limitations in the muscle of the shoulder I received a Tdap vaccine in October 9th. The pain began the evening of the shot - not at the injection site, but in my muscle. I couldn't even lift my arm very far initially, and had to wake up from my sleep to move it during the first several nights following. I contacted the nurse who gave it to me and she suggesgted heat/cold therapy as well as ibuprofen. The pain is still present - although not as severe - and I spoke to my Dr. about it a couple weeks ago. You can actually feel a small bulge in my muscle where it hurts the worse and he thinks it is a spasm and didn't think it was connected to the shot (no, his office did not administer the shot). I can't think of anything that I would have done that day to have injured it like this. It has been over a month now and the pain has lessoned, but I am concerned that it will not get any better. I can't even take off my clothes easily.

It was quite a relief to find this website - I was starting to fear that I had cancer in my shoulder. I got my flu shot the first week of November, right before my husband and I left for a 2.5-mo business trip abroad. The first three days were awful, I could not move my arm even an inch in any direction without extreme pain. I couldn't sleep at night, because resting or laying down would seem to intensify the pain and I had these pulsating stabs in my shoulder. The day after I received the flu shot, I went back to the pharmacy where I got it, in order to pick up rest of the prescription for the trip. When I told the pharmacist that I was in a lot of pain, she was very surprised, as not many people had the same reaction as I did. A thought came across my mind that something might have gone wrong, as I received the flu shot before and it was NOTHING compared to what I was feeling this time. I decided to ignore it, hoping that it would go away, but 2 months later I am still in pain. I regained about 90-95% mobility in my shoulder and the pain eventually subsided, but any extra weight on my arm and/or movement in a certain angle still causes pain. My husband has been begging me to go to the doctor, which I have been putting off until we get back to the States and my insurance would cover it. I get back in about two weeks and will immediately schedule a visit, but I am losing hope based on reading other people's post. I am an active person and the idea of having to be limited like this for the rest of my life is terrifying. At least it's not cancer.