Thank you very much, I appreciate it...

I am having this procedure done at the Fairview Southdale hospital by Dr. HL Saylor... Even though it isn't being performed at 'the U of M', I do think he is a part of their team...

Thank you again-
Steve

BestUK- You had arterial tos? So basically all your symptoms from that are gone?? What were your original symptoms? How were you diagnosed?

Just a quick note to thank everyone for contributing to this thread. Very helpful to read through.

I see that you're from Boston...... love that city!!!!!!
Been twice..... NOT ENOUGH.
Best wishes to you and your fantastic town.

So, I feel you if you are sitting out there reading this and are trying to make your own decision about surgery. Please, you aren't alone!! Reach out - we are all very unique and individual re; our specific anatomy (something I learned along the way) and not one of us is the same re: tx. BUT there are a lot of similarities and we have all had a lot of experience knocking on doors and doing research. Good luck!!![/QUOTE]

Hi, Moxie (and others)! I'm going to have surgery with Dr. Donohue and would would love to talk with you. I'm not sure how this forum works or how to do this.

Thanks everyone for your stories, which are very helpful!

LOL. I'm reading a series of exuberant SD38 posts tonight on everything from past rants to Boston.

Has someone been hitting the vino tonight?

Are you sure you can't see me??????????????
You have freaked me out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES...... I was on the vino. AAAAAAGGGGGGGAAAAAAAIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN.
And it was VERY nice too! It was a bold fruity red....and LOT'S of it.
Well, it helps to numb me.

I am one year out from this surgery. My experience was it was truly a breeze. I feel lucky, given the other folks experiences.

The only hiccup was the first 24 hours after surgery. Apparently my lung got nicked or some such, and they were very interested in my ability to take deep breaths. I had this little plastic device that I had to blow in about every hour as deeply as I could.

Went home afternoon of the day after the surgery. Was weak and etc, but mostly from the anesthesia. There was swelling, etc. as with all surgeries. But, actually, since they were just taking something out, and not having to repair anything, it was remarkably easy to recover from.

I have gotten so much advice from forums before I decided to have the surgery. So, I'll offer here to answer any questions folks may have who are suffering from TOS. After suffering 20 years with numb hand etc., this is the ONLY thing that has helped. I would say I have about 75% improvement. Strengthening my shoulder seems to help the rest of the way.

[QUOTE=whitedianthus;844930]I am one year out from this surgery. My experience was it was truly a breeze. I feel lucky, given the other folks experiences.

The only hiccup was the first 24 hours after surgery. Apparently my lung got nicked or some such, and they were very interested in my ability to take deep breaths. I had this little plastic device that I had to blow in about every hour as deeply as I could.

Went home afternoon of the day after the surgery. Was weak and etc, but mostly from the anesthesia. There was swelling, etc. as with all surgeries. But, actually, since they were just taking something out, and not having to repair anything, it was remarkably easy to recover from.

I have gotten so much advice from forums before I decided to have the surgery. So, I'll offer here to answer any questions folks may have who are suffering from TOS. After suffering 20 years with numb hand etc., this is the ONLY thing that has helped. I would say I have about 75% improvement. Strengthening my shoulder seems to help the rest of the way.
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Any tips on what you did to help strengthen your shoulder? I have alot of discomfort from my rhomboid muscle amoungst others in my shoulderblades and soon to see a physiotherapists to work on this. But any extra tips/advice would not go amiss!

I'm 6 weeks post-op cervical and first rib resection and scalenectomy. I have (had) bilateral cervical ribs with 100% arterial compression on the right side when my arm was elevated. My cervical rib was completly fused with my first rib, surgery was pretty rough. I'm getting pretty tired of it at this point, my arm pit is still completly numb and the back od my arm feels like its on fire when touched, anyone have this nerve damage numbness post-op? I am really hoping this goes away