I've been diagnosed with 'Left Thoracic Outlet Syndrome' as part of a workplace injury.

I have the lovely, whole arm goes numb, whole arm is colder than the rest of me, oxygen levels are considerably lower, have shooting pains, hand goes stiff, hand swells, hand turns blue, and with any use it gets very tired, resulting in extremely nasty pain.

I've been pumped full of meds, had nerve blocks, which helped to some degree, and even had a bursectomy on my left shoulder. All of which either produced temporary relief, scaled back the pain, or did nothing...

My doctor recently went on a meltdown, which puts me in between a rock and a hard place. He wasn't much help with finding a surgeon, since he only ever gave me vague ideas of where I'd have to go. He says that I am very unlucky in that I have both nerve and vascular effects.

So I am looking for suggestions about a surgeon to see, so I can get my new doctor to send me to see them.