hi, mucker,

please see my response on the other thread.

i would throw this right back in their face. they have to get your pain under control before anybody can even contemplate your going back to ANY type of gainful employment, for crying in the sink. that is just ridiculous, to my way of thinking anyway!

for goodness sake, woman, you've told them, have you not, that you cannot even sleep at night? that the surgery, or surgeries, performed thus far (and possibly for the WRONG dx) have done absolutely nothing for your very painful sx? and that you're getting steadily worse?

i don't see how prior to a major and extremely risky surgery like a rib resection and/or a scalenectomy (not sure which you are contemplating, if either), anyone IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would be pressuring you to be coming up with "ideas" about a whole new career path right now! that is patently ridiculous and the argument makes no sense on its face.

OK, i realize that i'm ranting here, but this just gets me so steamed...

who is your surgeon? please don't let just anyone do this procedure on you, mucker. you really need someone who has done hundreds, if not thousands, of these surgeries in their career. someone who specializes in TOS. that is ususally (but not always) a vascular surgeon, in my experience.

i'm not trying to cause trouble here, but i am concerned. do you have an attorney?

something doesn't sound right. you should not be being placed under this much stress after just finding out not only that you have something major like TOS, but that you have to have a risky surgery like this one to try and give your body a chance to heal from it. and make no mistake, it's a very hard recovery no matter which TOS surgery you have and despite what any surgeon "promises" you. i'm talking months, if not years, of rehab.

just my opinion but i really think this stinks. i, for one, am not buying what they are trying to sell you and i don't think you should either!!! but then again, i don't know what jurisdiction you're under or much about the facts surrounding your case so perhaps i'm missing something.

just trying to help you; please understand that first and foremost.

alison

damn the man!