Hi Samantha,
I am a fellow TOSer and can sympathesize.
I see Cheri copied your post over in the TOS forum.
I had surgery back in 12/06. Right side scalenctomy. What kind did you have? And where?
Lost of our TOS members have been having surgery of late and there are some very good posts to read and learn from. So come and join us.
Sending very gentle