Thank you, thank you, thank you! Prayers are much appreciated You know, I was thinking to myself yesterday that sitting in a hospital bed for a week before TOS surgery (heck, sitting in a bed for 10 minutes before TOS surgery!) would have been utterly miserable. To be in the hospital and not have constant waves of pain radiating down my deltoid and continuous numbness of my arm is such a blessing...I'm truly over the moon happy about it.

One concern I do have is that I don't want to develop scar tissue that bring symptoms back due to not doing PT exercises. I was admitted to the hospital the day I was to have my first post-op PT. Anyone have thoughts on that...will I be okay delaying PT a couple weeks? Are there some gentle exercises I should try to do here in the hospital? My TOS surgery doc is not treating my chylothorax, so he's not here to order any PT exercises in the hospital I'm in right now.

I do seem to be on the mend...my "leak" is no longer the lymph "chyle" fluid, but instead the body's serus fluid, and the volume is slowing decreasing each day. One step at a time. Boy, I just can't help but think this was to my benefit to slow me down and really assess the pace of my life and clarify what my priorities are. I love how the setbacks can be such a blessing! Feeling very fortunate right now