Originally Posted by Searching4answers

I just recently was diagnosed with the same exact thing (2 cervical ribs coming off my C7 vertebrae, which they said was definitely TOS) after going to the ER with my left arm hurting. I ended up having blood clots and had surgery to remove most of them. Like you I had no idea, and my only other symptoms were my hands going numb and tingling when I was sleeping or waking up in the morning. Needless to say I am completely freaked out about this whole situation. I am only 33 and live an extremely active life, however I am now a blood thinners to prevent another clot from forming which is keeping me from doing anything active except for jogging, boring right?. The doctor basically told me that I need surgery to remove the ribs, and only then will it be safe to live my life without the blood thinners. I just joined this site searching for answers myself. Hopefully we can both find some.