one of the gals who used to post here had resection and 1st rib resection by same doc who wanted to do same to me. bad move for her, and with her input i cancelled my surgery. i am doing ok without it. some docs think i may not even have tos. i think i made a wise choice, but how will i ever know what may have been? whatever you decide it is your decision. i hope the forum informs you.