I've had a lot of tingling and weakness in my hands and arms in the past few weeks. Holding onto anything, or trying to open anything is very difficult, if not impossible. I'm thinking it's probably just from all the uncomfortable positions they put me in in the hospital but it worries me a little bit.

A couple of days ago I tried to cut my fingernails. I was able to cut the ones on my left hand but when I tried to use my left hand to clip the right, I just didn't have the strength. I couldn't push on the clippers hard enough to cut the nails. That's never happened before.

I'm also wondering what effect opening up my rib cage is going to have long term on my TOS. Right now, my TOS is a lot worse, but I expect that until everything starts to heal. One Dr. said it shouldn't affect my TOS any but I'm a bit skeptical about that. Time will tell.