2002 Nissan Altima Tons of noise in front end leads to neve

I have had a growing noise in my driver's side front end. Recently got new brakes on the front to pass inspection. Upon looking into the load noise (a grinding, squealing, metal noise) I was told that I had a bad axle and hub bearing. Noise seemed to go away but after a week, the noise started coming back and my steering and brakes were very rough and shaky. Took it back to the shop and was told that the ball joint/control arm needed to be replaced. They said it looked fine two weeks before but for no apparent reason had worn out in 2 weeks. Paid for that. Next day noticed a constant squeally noise when moving, you can hear it spins with the wheel. My question is do all of these repairs sound kosher? Can the ball joint just go bad? Are they fixing symptoms and not the disease? Have you ever heard of all those parts wearing out at the same time. It does have 112,000 miles on it. I am taking car back tomorrow for the new noise, but I am scared to death to find out what is next. Just doesn't add up.