Sorry to say this, but I believe it is just "par for the course". I went 4 years before I was finally diagnosed with TOS. There are so many doctors out there that don't even believe in TOS. Because of that I am not a good canidate for surgery. It made me so mad when a couple of the docs said there was nothing wrong with me, or maybe it was hormonal or I should see a shrink. Even after I got diagnosed and had to go and see w/c docs it still continued. The way that I look at it is, I knew something wasn't right, and I was in so much pain. So I continued until I found a doc who believed in me.