Originally Posted by C46137

After months of pain and swelling in L arm, lab work, massive round of Prednisone(pcp thought I was having allergic reaction), venous ultrasound, x-ray and ct scan.....a venogram finally revealed the venous TOS. Symptoms only started in April. After reading how long some suffer without a diagnosis it appears I am very lucky to have a general surgon in the family that was determined to find a diagnosis ASAP. I was referred to the Cleveland Clinic to see a specialist(again, lucky I only live an hour away after reading how far some have had to travel). Dr.Park at Cleveland Clinic confirmed surgery is best option. Dr.Park only does supraclavicular approch and he was kind enough to agree that im young(31) and he wasn't comfortable with the visable scars I would be left with because I apparently have an very larger amount of scar tissue he would have to make more than one incision so he referred me to Dr Rebecca Kelso for transaxillary rib resection. I am scheduled for Aug 2 and I am terrified(mostly of anesthesia!) They said I will go home the following morning and should be back to work in a week. I type all day at work so a week seems quite optimistic to me. Wondering if anyone can tell me when they were comfortable doing a lot of typing, I need to give my employer a realistic idea of when I will be able to perform my job in full. Also, I am wondering about sleeping during recovery...will I be able sleep flat in a bed? I tend to wake up laying on the affected side as much as I try not to, I'm thinking I should plan to sleep in the recliner for the first week?