Hi fire,
I dont currently live in Syracuse but went there for school.
But I am a TOSer as well. Only had surgery on the right side, no rib resection but scalenectomy. For a while after surgery I had some angry nerves. And needed a stellate block and had several other sots from an RSD doc. Still not sure if it was really RSD or just overreaction from the surgery.
But it has taken a full year for my TOS to calm down enough for me to think that maybe it was a decent surgery, not sure I would call a full success.
I cannot hlep on the rsd front but wanted to let you know you are not alone and give you some gentle