Beeper,

I had surgery with Avery in January 2005. I found him to be straight forward and available to me for the first year after surgery. Unfortunately, when we realized that the surgery had actually made me worse, I did feel like Dr. Avery washed his hands of me. His only response was, "Well, now I'm more careful about how I choose my patients." Great...

I had left rib resection and scalenectomy. Unfortunately, I never returned to work as an attorney (or anything else). I am much worse after the surgery. I developed scar tissue on my brachial plexus that was visible by MRI (Dr.Werden) eight months after surgery. In addition to much worse pain, I also developed migraines and much worse chronic headache.

I know many doctor say TOS is not progressive but that has not been my experience. Maybe I would have gotten worse even if I hadn't had surgery. Who knows?

Good luck with your decision.

Take care,
Kelly