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Old 09-11-2009, 06:59 PM #1
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Default TOS Sufferer - post surgery complications

I had Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery this year and it did not go as planned. I suffered paralysis to the Phrenic Nerve during surgery and my left diaphragm is paralyzed. I am told this is permanent but am looking for others that may have experienced this, and might be able to share their outcomes with me. My Long Thoracic Nerve was also damaged and my shoulder is now badly winging, although my Orthopedic Surgeon feels that this is temporary (due to being overstretched during surgery) and may come back over time. I am in an extreme amount of pain, feel like I am having a heart attack, cannot walk any distance or talk for long and am on oxygen. My chest feels like it is being crushed. This surgery has changed my life and I am hoping others that may have experienced "surgeries gone wrong" might offer me some hope that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks
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