Can I ask who performed your surgery?

Keeping my fingers crossed you fall into the 70% figure quoted to you. It's a quick return to work, so be careful and give your body time to heal.

I dont want to be the bad guy here but I have to tell you to do your homework. Neurological TOS is not fun, there is no cure. Only lifestyle changes.

Surgeons are exactly that, surgeons. They get paid for surgery. All the years we have been in this (12 yrs now) I have met only maybe a handful of people who have been a success story. And thats out of 10's of thousands.

Rib resection is not a cure. Patients are still on the same track of meds and physical therapy. I realize, I know how bad the pain is...been there done that. My surgeon was conservative and promised I would be back at work in 6 weeks. The post op pain is horrendous, the recovery is tough but you do get relief for a brief time until the pain, stiffness, lack of fine motor skills,circulation, mobility and range of motion comes back. CRPS sets in due to the firing of chronic pain neurons in the brain.

All the high end and TOS surgery surgeons we know & talk about cannot tell you what percentage of a pain free life style you will have or if and when you will be able to work again. Then its back to the drawing board for more surgery(s). On and on...

Everyone has to do what they have to do, i cant say i wouldnt go thru it again even with promises as discovery is found. 2 years ago I saw Dr. Gelebert, my chances of "less pain" were only 20% with rib resection and thats not with the risks of severing a nerve and surgery risks and the CRPS skyrocketing. Now if you have arterial TOS thats a horse of a different color along with Padgettes Schroeder, a blood clot.

I sooo totally agree with you that rib resection is not a cure for TOS, with or without a sympathectomy or scalene release. My angina and very very high blood pressure due to the pain prior to surgery made it necessary, plus the fact I suffer from arterial, neurogenic and venous TOS.

Hi Anne,

My Dr. was Jon Schellack, In Baton Rouge LA. I am now feeling so good, no pain med 9 days out. I think I'll go back to work next week. Good luck to you.