my name is michelle, i am 33, and diagnosed in 2005 when i was 27. i have bi-lateral neuropathic tos, due to repetitive motions at work. i settled my work comp case in 2006, no where near to being healed. i started to work again in 2007, after my second round of pt. i sit at a desk and am on a computer for 8 hours a day. everything i ergonomically perfect at my desk. i am not as bad as when it first happened ( i couldnt even lay down flat w/out screaming), but my meds have continuosly increased over the last 4 years. i am not doing any outside activities anymore because everything causes a flare up now. so....i am having surgery in two weeks - 1st rib resection on left side.
i know it is a shot in the dark, but my next option is the phyntenol patch. i'm hoping i can keep working, even though i know this is causing me not to heal. perhaps while i am out on disability for the surgery i will change my mind about being permanetly disabled.