HI there Sea Pines 50 first i would like to thank you. I feel the same way about this but know one well listen to what i say. I am on comp i live in nova scotia canada but i am on ontario comp because the company i worked for is located there. It is the comp bored who is doing this to me and if i don't do what they say they well cut my funds off and i can't live with out it. I have been fighting the system since 2004. It has taken a lot just to get them to except TOS as what is wrong with me as well as to except that it was caused from my job. From what i understand in canada any way not to many doctor's know anything about TOS or belive it excised. I have been to 14 doctors since 2004 and it wasn't till Dec 2005 that i was finely diagnosed with bilateral upper arms,thoracic outlet syndrome and carpel tunnel in right and tendonitis in left arm. ha ha god that sounds bad any way i do have a thoracic surgeon who has done hundreds of surgeries for tos . He said that he will go through the arm pitt and remove part of the rib and mussel. I am aware and so is comp that once they do the surgery that it well take two months to recover if i recover end at that time he will decide if he well do my other arm or not. But they think that i should be getting ready for the day i can start work. For some reason they belive in every one should be more worried about getting back too work in stead of dealing with what is wrong with you they call it self worth ha ha ha. I guess if your working you wont feel bad about your self who knows how they think. So any ways i don't have much choice in perticapating in any programs they though my way or it's good bye cash. As far as a lawyer goes i don't have the money and there are not to many lawyers around who deal with comp and the ones that do you have to pay up front or they must feel that you have a very strong case that they can win and they will take a cut of that. I have permanent restrictions at this time and the company i worked for have no type of work for me that would fall in the restrictions as well as the med's i have to take. These are the fowling restrictions no impact activity,heavy lifting,no overhead activity and any type of repetitive or forceful use of either shoulder against resistance,no twisting pulling,pushing,pinching or repetitive gripping. My med's that i am on Hydromorphone contin 6mg in morning and 9mg at night,Hydromorphone 2mg i take two every four hours for break through pain i also take paroxetine 30 mg a day for depression and oxazepam 1 at bed time for sleep oh yes finely i take two table spoons of pms lactulose every second night so i can go to the bath room once or twice a week what a life ha ha. I still have to laugh about it once in awhile or i think i wouldnt be here i am sure you know the feeling.So any ways where does this leave one every thing we do in life has repetitive movement and unless you have tos they don't understand the pain we go through. Don't get me wrong i very much wont to work again i hate not doing anything but what kind of work can one do that wont cause pain and something you well look forward to doing. My dream came to a end now with everything on my plate they won't me to think of a new carer part of me feel's that this should be kind'a of exciting start new but for the most part i feel more like i am drowning and i have my hand out for help but know one is there to take it. This is very hard for me because i have always prided my self on never needing help from any one but i think god has decided that i need to learn about asking for help instead of giving help to every one else. Not very easy opening up to other's and asking for there hand. I am doing it for the first time in my life and it's so nice to know i am not alone any more.