i been dealing with tos for two years now i have both neuro and vascular type tos my arm goes totally blue almost black i recently had first rib resection but still have a lot of issues still turning blue and constant pain but now i get a pain like some one is pinching my arm with pliers really hurts also my arm goes bright red and super hot really hurts but i try my best to deal with it , has any one had this pinching pain

Have you returned to the surgeon? Your vascular symptoms should have resolved immediately post-op. Don't just try your best to deal with your arm changing color...go seek medical attention!

I would say the burning and pinching pain is normal and fades away slowly in the months following surgery. Nerve medicines like Lyrica or Neurontin help. Low dose anti-depressants like Cymbalta or Pamelor also help the nerve pain.

i was injured at work and it takes for ever to see specialists here in bc canada, the only meds i have been given is for depression due to my pain, my family doctor does not believe in narcotics , last time i saw the surgeon he noted my testing was all still positive , as time passes now it just gets worse i put on muscle very quickly and have a large muscled chest, i went to see another surgeon in regards to the multiple crush syndrome i have as well and he will not touch me because my arm went blue and cold in his office he says they need to fix that before he will work on the other areas, i am in so much pain and depressed these day i am not sure how much more i can take

Can you change primary care doc or see a pain management specialist. You need to get your pain under control...even if it means using narcotics. Maybe you can switch your anti-depressant to Cymbalta which should give you more pain relief?

See this thread: Advice on Nerve Meds

Can you change primary care docs or see a pain management specialist? You need to get your pain under control even if it means anxiolytics and/or narcotics.

See this thread Advice on Nerve Meds

i was on cybalta but it made me very angry plus it it very expensive over 100 dollars a month, and no i cannot change as you have to take what doc worksafe tells you to go to

Cymbalta made me very angry, too, which was a shame, because it really did take the edge off the pain. After an incident where I barely managed to stop myself from punching a coworker, though, I got off it. If your primary care doctor doesn't believe in narcotics, can you talk to your surgeon about narcotic pain meds? Or to your primary doctor about non-narcotic pain relief? Or, as Marc suggested, add a pain-management doctor to your care team (sometimes when worker's comp or an insurance company won't let you switch doctors, they will still let you add a doctor, particularly a specialist who provides a level of care it would be impractical to expect from a general physiican).

If it were me, I'd go see a doctor for a good pain prescription on my own dime if I had to. I've been to the point where I was in so much pain and so depressed that I was near suicidal, or, at the least, wished fervently I would die and get it over with - at that point I realized that there was no point at all in trying to save money. Debt is better than Death, right? Doesn't Canada have a good national health care system? I'm in the US and don't really know much about it.

I'm with Marc; if your arm is turning blue, it needs to be addressed ASAP! Obviously the first surgery didn't take care of the problem.

I wish you the best of luck. I know it's not easy, but hang in there!

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wcb did give me a tens machine for pain plus they are talking about some nerve block pump what ever that is , every time i see a wcb doctor they are amazed by how blue my arm goes and if i use it for and time i lose my pulse completly , tos sucks but losing myself is worse so much has been lost and now depression plus pain and turn blue is my normal life good thing i decided when i had kids i got rid of my guns because i prob would have hurt myself .