dear DiMarie,
I wonder if you are still frequenting the site?
I am a professional singer (classical) and I have an extra clavicle rib causing TOS, and causing pulse slow in both arms when raised.
I am really concerned about possible side effects of surgery and I am not in constant pain- just have to adjust everything I do and cope with numbness and pins and needles and headaches. Mostly manageable. vascular surgeon suggested surgery straight away though! Chiro thinks it is in no way urgent, and is supplying relief.
My question is about the singer you mentioned. Do you have any other info about how she was affected?
Best wishes,
Anna
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Originally Posted by DiMarie
Pherenic nerve damage is immediate and very concerning. The symptoms seem to be another or coexisiting symptom too. THe pherneic nerve traveks to either side of the diaphgram and allows to expane and deflate the lungs. I am not sure about irratation, but damaged nerve is when you need Ox to breath from shortness of breath of the innability to inflate the lung. When I had a friend in NJ had surgery her side effect was a deep raspy voice, almost too hard to speak. She had scar matter post op wrap around the area, a clean up redo was done and did aleviate that symptom.
I would wonder about if you had a breathing tube and damage done from the anestisia? This I heard from other surgeries not a TOS surgery developing and it did take months to have the inflamation calm down.
Post op is not weeks, it is months and years. Not like having tonsils out, an arm break repaired, etc. The nerves for some are fine and others hyper signals, even in some spots permanant feel of novacain numbness.
Do a general search on post op anesethsia side effects and see if anything fits.
Sounds like resting does help you. Becareful chewing, chew everything theorughly, what if you did not feel a too large piece, or too large got stuck  .
TOS is always a detective work, not a cookie cutter in the world for us,
I knew of one gal from old forum that had a TOS surgery, first time on this side she had a pherenic nerve paralyzed. Then after a redo on the opposite side the second pherenic nerve was paralyzed. She is on oxygen total for life support, has an aid dog, needs a motor chair to get around and every breath is a challange. w/c was trying to cut O2 for her and we had a campaign to pray and send letters to her representatives to help in the life needed treatment. She was a professional singer too. The surgeon, a top of the top considered surgeon.
Keep us updated,
dianne
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