Originally Posted by hibeauty4ashes

Hi,

I am new to this site and just wanting to know others who can help me with what I am going through. I will tell you a short story if what is going on with me right now and why I am here.

I was a missionary to Africa, and when I returned home in June of 2007 I was hit with back to back surgeries. I had five surgeries in a fourteen month period.I had one foot surgery and then a week after foot surgery, I had major back fusion surgery, then I had a second neck surgery, and then I had a second back surgery to take out the hardware, then I had a third neck surgery to take the hardware out of the back of the neck.

Well right after the second neck surgery, I was having major pain in my neck between my shoulder blades and all around my shoulders into my chest walls, I was having headaches that started to turn into migraines, and then I was getting dizzy with any type of movement. I felt burning pain shoot through my right arm that ached. I had felt it also move into my left arm as well tingling numbness and burning sensation. When the weather got bad my whole upper half would hurt so bad all I could do was lay around and take pain meds. I had no idea what was happening to me.

I went back to my surgeon and we took an MRI and it turned out that I had another disc bulged above the four disc's that were fused and that I had TOS. I must say I was taken back going what in the world is that! I had never heard of TOS before in my life. My doctor was grieved because I had already been through to much.

well I went and saw a specialist and sure enough I had a sever case of it and now I have to go in for shots and a certain type of MRI. Surgery is now hi on the list of things.

Can anyone help me to understand this a little more and what did types of testings did you have to go through. Did you have surgery and what did they do in the surgery? Have you had relief after surgery?

Thanks
Jeanie