i had a surgery 2 years ago to have my top right rib removed due to a massive blood clot in my shoulder when i was 18 about 6 months ago i started having the same swelling and pain as i did before i have hand 2 angioplasties sense then and 4 ultrasounds 2 ct scans and have seen dr. dean donahue the head of thoracic at mass general and they can not seem to find the cause of it. i recently have been getting exteme pain in my whole arm complete numbness with no sense of feeling from shoulder to elbow intense tingling in my fingers and the swelling is getting worse now there is no position where i can make it go away, where before if i held it to my chest it would calm down. im begining to think there is nothing anyone can do because i have seen 6 doctors with no answers. only 20 im having a hard time working and dealing with the pain and loss of strength in my right arm, and cause i am right handed my left arm can only do so much.