I just had surgery with Dr. Sanders on Tuesday and wanted to let everyone know that he found an extra cervical rib during surgery that had not shown up on any of my x-rays or MRIs. He removed the extra rib, along with my anterior and middle scalene muscles. He also detached my pec minor muscle and removed 1 inch of the pec minor muscle. I'm very achy and sore but very hopeful that Sanders may have found the culprit that every other doctor had missed.

I hope this information can help other people. Feel free to respond or PM me with any questions you may have. I fly tomorrow to my parents in Maryland to recover for the next few weeks. And then, hopefully, back to Los Angeles to return to work , and the rest of my life. I will keep you posted during this recovery process.

Thanks to all of you for being so forthcoming about your own experiences. All my love, Annie