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Originally Posted by brmr19
Your symptoms sound so familiar and I had trouble as well getting doctor to believe the symptoms were all related. The dizziness was really bad before my surgery and I always felt like I was going to pass out. Since the surgery, I still have dizziness, but I no longer feel like passing out. During compression of subclavian artery, my vertebral artery would stop flowing completely. I am still having issues with both side, and don't know which side is worse. I did not have cervical ribs, but did have 1st rib removed on left. I wish you the best of luck.
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Thanks for your reply. Did you elect to have surgery or were you advised to have surgery. I believe from my doppler results that I do have arteial TOS and am very anxious that over time with repeated compression that I could end up with blod clot and be in serious trouble.
For instance immediately after the doppler ultrasound I felt so ill, I felt dizzy, spaced out and my eye sight was not clear. I had to lie down for the rest of the day.
Also at dentist 2 days ago and had to have fillling on left side and my head was slightly tilted to left for approximately 20 minutes and afterwards I felt really dizzy and both my arms wouldn't stop shaking and i felt totally spaced out of it. Really freaking me out now as up until the recent (1 month) when i found out about the cervical ribs and TOS I used to keep pushing myself physically ( 5 kids) despite the excrutiating weakness/pain in my arms. Now I am afraid to do anything as I feel that I could do seriuos damage as arteries are being compressed.
What test did you have done to show up the problems with your vertebral artery?
Thanks so much for your support