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Location: Orange County
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IMO seeing Dr Schneider wouldn't hurt since he is your closest option right now. The more opinions you get the more questions you can get answered. I only saw him once and did not feel he was as easy to talk to as I wanted and he also had his medical resident do a lot of my assessment to start with but he also did the same stuff afterward. He recommended surgery but said I could try TOS specific PT if I wanted so I chose to do that. When I called and emailed to get in touch with him after my appt for a q he never got back to me. So this in combination with me finding other surgeons, although out of state, with more experience led me to Denver to see Drs Sanders and Annest.
I think you should see him just to be properly assessed by an experienced surgeon and hopefully get some answers. He did not have me do any testing as I had a lot done before going to see him. But if you see Brantigan he will have you do more tests anyway because he has specific tests he wants done by specific people in Denver. I just had the MAC test and scalene block as well as a repeat EMG done and I am glad I did because my results came back different than when I first did the EMG. However I have neurogenic TOS not venous or arterial. Hope this helps.
I have not heard of Dr Sen but it might be a good idea to also see him if you believe you might have something other than TOS.
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