Hello Kathy and welcome to NeuroTalk.
I hope we can help you with some of the answers that you seek, and rather than address everything at once, I thought I'd first introduce you to our Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) Forum.
If you click this link, it'll take you there.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum24.html
Towards top left, you'll see
New Thread! Click that and start typing your message.
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