Was your procedure strictley infraclavicular or suprclavicular as well? I'm not sure I know the exact locations of these descriptions. My incision is actually just above/over my collarbone - wish I could describe it better.

I was curious how much of your rib was removed was it the whole rib or a section? I had an extra/cervical rib, so I had that removed as well as the first rib (I think it was the whole first rib).

Also when you say you have muscular pain is that something you were dealing with prior to the surgery or as a results of the surgery? I've always had some muscular pain in my back. I think it's mostly due to stress/poor posture, etc. but it was worse before my surgery I think because my body was off balance due to everything going on on my right side (where I had the extra rib and aneurysm, etc. It still bothers me sometimes, but generally it's better. I go to a massage therapist, and that seems to help for the muscular pain/tension in my back.

Were both of your scalene (anterior and middle) removed and if so do you notice any difference without them, I have heard of people complaining about have neck stiffnes. Yes, I had both scalenes removed. Dr. Thompson said that mine were kind of mangled like everything else in that area on my right side. I don't have any more neck stiffness than I had before (again I think that's just related to working at a desk,typing, not taking as good of care of myself as I should, etc.)

Are you able to return to any athletic activities without limitations and if so how long after the surgery were you able to. I would say that after my 9 months of PT, I probably could have returned to most athletic activities, but I'm not very athletic, so I've mainly just done stretches, walking, that kind of thing, and of course that has been no problem. I did some swimming over the summer, and freestyle did aggravate it. But I think if I were so inclined, I could find a pretty good variety of athletic activities that I could do. I wouldn't say without limitations, though, because I still think I would have to try out different things to see how it worked for me.