Hello friends with TOS or think you have it,
I've been diagnosed with this for 17 years now. If it wasn't for a car accident, I would not have had the TOS surgery. While I'm grateful to have done it, I would NEVER recommend this to anyone unless their life is at risk or they simply cannot go through life at a seemingly normal level of existance. Get a new job if you can't cut hair anymore but don't go through this unless - sorry for repeating myself - it's a matter of life or death. I know other post-surgery folks and they are still suffering. I still have tingling in the hand and can't do things as I used to but I can live! There's always a choice. And my choice after the car accident was to live on a couch with migraines daily, not be able to work or eat - pretty much live as a disabled person OR have the surgery and live with some discomfort. And, I'm one of those "poster childs" of the surgery and still have challenges physically. I could start jogging again in a matter of six months. I stopped taking meds after about a year. I was doing much more than many who have had the surgery.

I have a pretty high pain threshold and gotta say, this was the hardest most painful process I've ever gone through and hope to ever experience. I would not want anyone to take this lightly. There is an excellent therapy developed by Peter Edgelow called the Edgelow Protocol. Thankfully, I found a physical therapist in Marin who was trained in this technique. Within one week I was able to lift my arm up again. You can order a DVD and supplies. No gimmicks - just a solid solution.

Good luck to all of you.

To your health....