I have been dealing with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome for a year now and have been doing the doctor shuffle this whole time. I have had xrays,ct scans,emg,mris, I have tried pt twice wich only made it worse. I have seen 3 Orthopedics,1 Chiropractor, 1 Neurologist and a Pain Clinic. Everyone of them had a different diagnosis. I finally have been told I need to have a rib resection surgery to get rid of the pain. I have constant left shoulder,neck and clavicle pain with burning at all times long with numbness and tingling in arm,hand and face at times,sometimes I loose a pulse in my armpit depending on the way I have my arm positioned. My left arm hurts with daily activities along with even walking. This has been such a devastating injury and I would love to just feel normal again! I just can't believe how not to many doctors know to much about this injury ,don't they all study the same book, there has to be something in there about TOS. All my test came back normal besides my Emg showing I had a Long Thoracic Nerve Injury ands still no one was sure what to do with me. I had been told I have everything from ac joint sprain, rotator cuff tear,slap tear, one dr said maybe I just have depression,I couldn't wait to tell her my Emg result,give me a break! I have not worked since I had the injury and would love to get back to normal. Has anyone dealt with this injury and did you have the surgery? I would appreciate anyones feedback.

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help. We are all here to assist each other as possible.

Here is our link to TOS, you will find some wonderful friends to assist you.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum24.html

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Hi, and welcome to NT. There are a lot of nice, caring people here. Stay awhile and look around.

Hello and welcome to Neuro Talk, feel free to explore and do not hesitate to ask questions concerns and or worries you may have. Folks here are fantastic helpful and kind, again welcome to NT

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk!

I copied your post over to the TOS forum, incase out TOS members don't see your post. Here is the link: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=68230

Welcome to Neurotalk!!!

just thought i would jump in and say hi and welcome to neurotalk ... there are lots of friendly and supportive people here ... i hope to see you posting soon in some of the different forums ... and again ...