Hi, Mica! You are not crazy. Your doctor is like that because he can't treat you. I've seen many doctors like that. I've also seen doctors that were like, "You have TOS, really?!?" They were excited because they had never seen it before. These are NOT people you want to operate on you. I saw a Thoracic Surgeon where I live and he turned me down for surgery. I went back five years late because obviously I was still having problems and had surgery scheduled. When I was in the waiting room, I watched a guy walk out that was doing everything left handed because his right arm did not work at all.....again, not someone I want to operate on me. I cancelled. my surgery.
I had Erb's Palsy from birth that got better right away then 2003 TOS from a car accident. I didn't have any surgeries for the TOS until 2013. I saw Dr. Donahue in Boston. He is fantastic, the best if you ask me, and I tell everyone to got to him if they can (or Dr. Pearl if they are a baseball player).
Dr. Donahue is in Boston. Hopefully, he takes your insurance.
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