I have pain in my neck, shoulder and down my arm. My hand swells and gets cold and burns. I have had these symptoms for a couple of years.
My pain levels is between 7-9 most days, They have put me on Morphine to give me some relief as we have tried different meds to no avail.

The doctor called me today and told me to come down on thursday as he wants to give me a stallate ganglion block and see if that will help, then depending on the result he may cut the nerve on Friday, when he is doing the rib resection.

If he ends up cutting the nerve will my recovery be even long?
What is your appetite like after the operation?