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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,002
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,002
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I have had both of those symptoms. The dizziness is better after surgery, but lately my left arm has been going numb when I am laying on my back! How strange is that!?
The problem with TOS is that there really isn't one major test that says, "yes, you have neuro or vascular TOS" (well vascular yes, because they can actually SEE the blockage) but neuro, is a conclusion after a lot of other testing is done to rule out other conditions that mimic neuro TOS and some or a few that can be quite dangerous, like a brain tumor. So they do a brain MRI. I have my post where I list ALL of the multitude of tests many of us have had done here that ALL came out normal, or close to normal, leaving us with neuro TOS and ruling out the other possibilities.
Then we have the post that lists "ALL" of the symptoms we experience, as we are all not the same, some of us have problems with certain symptoms at certain times more than the others - right now my RSD is not so bad, but my headaches (the extra symptoms than the usual 5) are coming back with a mean vengeance right now. So is failure to sleep and the fatigue. They can be circular, in that one causes the other which causes the other, and that is why pain relief if one has horrific pain, is so important so you can stop that pain long enough to get some healing time.
I'll try to bump up the other posts soon.
God bless. I hope that you are seeing one of the docs on our list who at least have SOME experience with TOS, as unfortunately the vast majority find TOS only in their med school books.
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