Hi there dimpls,

One of the main things we usually say to newbies about surgery is to make sure you have a very experienced surgeon.

Which type of TOS do you have ?
Vascular or Neuro ...?? an extra cervical rib?

Can you use FMLA time? Short term disability?

Driving to work..might be one of the main issues - due to meds and limited mobility.

It's all so dependent on so many variables - your own body, the surgeon, luck...
I hope some others post about they're post op times for you.
I can't recall what the avg recovery /off work times are.

see posts 17 & 18 for polls and surgery info here-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread84.html