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Old 10-05-2013, 03:41 PM #1
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Confused In need of some Advice!

I will try to make my intro to my injury brief...roughly 2 years ago I suffered from a torn labrum as well as managing to have my sternoclavicular joint loosen up to the point where i could make this horrible popping noise. Roughly 3 months after the date of injury I had surgery to clean up the labrum tear and then was sent to therapy. The morning after my first or second session of therapy, I woke up to a swollen arm and could not feel my fingertips. I called my doctor who then told me to go to the ER because my symptoms described a blood clot. After test and an ultrasound the emergency room doc told me that i had a 6 inch long blood clot in my subclavian vein. I was sent to specialists at USC who said that I required surgery to stabilize my SC (reconstruction) joint and relieve pressure in my thoracic cavity. Since my surgery I would def say that my condition has gotten worse (it has now almost been a year since the reconstruction). The specialist has said that now even after the surgery and a year of being on blood thinners, my blood clot is there to stay :/ ...along with pain and the constant numbing of my right arm.


If when determining the advice you would like to give me and you feel like you need more background info I will gladly supply it. Just was trying to avoid the novel.


My current worries consist of the fact that not only did I recently just turn 24 I also have dream of marrying my current boyfriend and having at least 2 children. We have recently been discussing moving out of the country and He has revealed his worries in regards to me giving birth. He knows that the pain will get worse but also that the blood clot will move. The specialist swears that the clot is there to stay and that they cannot do anything for the PSS/TOS. So i am reaching out here in hopes that someone who has gone through living with these conditions and or has given birth can give me some advice.


Thank you Sorry if i rambled and didn't make sense at times!
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