Kathi,

I too experienced the shooting arm pains after surgery, especially the first week or two. During recovery it became less often, until I took the Philly collar off. I'm now finding that I can trigger the pains with movement, so now I'm scared. I thought that they were totally gone since I had not felt that pain at all during the last week of wearing my collar. What date was your surgery? 9/20/06? I know how hard it is to sleep after the surgery, I'm still having trouble finding a position that does not cause me pain. It sounds like you are doing pretty well so fa...did your doc put you in a collar? (I can't remember who was being put in a collar and who wasn't from our old posts.....lol) I have to ask, what kind of chest pains were you having? By any chance were they like a crushing feeling, like having the wind knocked outta ya?

Hope you're doing well today,

Kim