I was taken off warfarin 5 days post op. The specialist said he only needed to remove part of the rib. He also said by the amount of scarring tissue I was probably born with PS Syndrome and aggravated it when my collar bone was hit.

I live in a 9000 population town and have not been to my regular Dr. due to when I first went in with the symptoms they had no clue what I had and was going to leave me on warfarin the rest of my life as a cure. I'm the one that pushed to see a specialist.

My question to you is why haven't you had the surgery yet? The specialist I saw told me I had to have the surgery ASAP due to nerve and tissue damage that was happening. two days of seeing him I had the balloon done to open up the vein and two weeks later, time allowed for healing, I had the partial rib removed. Not saying my specialist is the best, but something to think about.