Shawna:
I had venous TOS, which is a very RARE form of TOS. I had my left
rib removed in October and my right rib removed in February of this
year. My doc did a transaxillary resection (the scar is at the
bottom of each of my armpits). I had absolutely no complications,
and the pain was not nearly as bad as I thought it would have been.
I had had blood clots in my left subclavian, brachial and cephalic
veins back in 2001. The docs who took care of me had no idea of what
caused it. I did research on my own (having been a medical
transcriber) and heard about TOS. I then found a doc who specializes
in it. He was the first doc out of 8 to confirm my suspicion.
Because I had VENOUS TOS, I had very little pain with my TOS. Do you
have any pain? How did your TOS present itself?