I tested postive for Carpal Tunnel in 2005, then had Carpal Tunnel surgery in 2006. Symptoms returned less than four months later. I assumed my CT surgery was "unsuccessful", but the more I've been reading about the "double crunch" the more I'm thinking I did have CT, I just had a much larger problem of TOS and they didn't catch it.

My EMG in 2009 and again in 2012 came up negative for CT, presumably because the surgery alleviated CT and now all of my issues are TOS related!

I'm a little overwhelmed by my list of sx, too. This past week was the first time I put EVERYTHING together. At the time, I didn't connect sinus problems or needing glasses overnight with my arm pain. I didn't think the ringing in my ears was related. As I really took the time last weekend to sit and write down everything that I think is "abnormal" about me, 90% of it could be tied back to TOS.

The only things I'm not sure on are my legs being cold, blueness in feet - same symptoms I have in my hands, but in my feet. My nose and ears are also easily "frozen" in cool temperatures. I get debilitating ear aches in 68* breezes that other people only get when it's -14*!

I know TOS doesn't really affect your lower appendages. This concerns me a little. There might be another issue going on or it might be possible that I have such a problem with the circulation that it's affecting more of my body overall. Time will tell!

I haven't had any vascular or thyroid testing/treatment done. I've only just gotten a chest X-ray and I'm waiting to go back to my neurologist on that. I am planning to have him refer me to a TOS specialist. It seems too complicated/serious to mess around with the small town local physicians where I live (boondocks Alabama).

My hands are numb. I can't feel my fingertips. The only real sensation in my fingertips I have is my pointer finger in both hands. The pinky and ring fingers do whatever they want, they stick out, lock up, shake, flip open etc.. at a whim. My middle finger seems to do what I want it to, but I have to assume sometimes since I can't feel with it..

Sometimes when I'm washing my hair, I can only feel my scalp with my pointer fingers and I have to use my scalp's sensation to know if all my fingers are touching my head or not.. usually they aren't! LOL!