<t>I have been diagnosed with TOS after injuring myself 4 years ago while carrying heavy objects. Almost a year ag, 11/07 I had a scalenectomy with Dr. Wolfe @ the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. There was a 70/30 chance of this surgery helping me. I fell into the 30% "failure" percentage...

<t>I have also seen Dr. Wolfe. In Nov. 2007 he preformed my scalenectomy (they went in to remove the anterior and removed the median also). Unfortunately this made no improvement for me, it may have caused me worse/different pain above my collar bone. During the course of my treatments he stopped ac...

I realize this is an old post. I was diagnosed with TOS and had a scalenectomy (front/middle neck muscle removed). I wear 3 lidoderm patches along my arm every night. These have helped me a great deal with my pain (which is worse at night and have improved my sleep tendencies.

<t>I have been diagnosed with Reflexive-sympathetic dytrophy, thoracic outlet syndrome, brachial plexus injury, and chromnic regional pain syndrome. The doctors dont know which one I actually have. A pain management doctor recently recommended that I have a stellate ganglion block. It's a nerve bloc...

<t>I have some questions for all of you that have experienced what I am currently experiencing. <br/> How many of you had surgical procedures to resolve the issue?<br/> Did it fix everything 100%?<br/> Did anyone have non-surgical treatment that helps?<br/> How long was the recovery time from surgic...

<t>I am making an effort to see Dr Wolfe in NYC sometime soon. I e-mailed him basically my whole post and he said he thinks I should re-do the EMG and it will not be "torture" this time.<br/> I did not have aq BPI from birth, it started at 13 from a book bag incident and has been week from there.<br...

<t>I have been living with a numb left arm/hand/shoulder/neck for the past year and four months. I lose feeling in my hand and arm 75% of each day. I also have pain and tightness in my neck, peck, shoulder blade and upper arm constantly.<br/> <br/> When I was 13 I had a brachial plexus injury from l...