i CANT BELIEVE THIS. by WRITING ABOUT YOUR CHEST PAIN you just saved me
$1500.00 that my attorney and i have been trying to fight from the insurance
company!! I have had over $50,000 in medical bills already paid for since 2001
due to my work related TOS. I haven't settled yet but i have had alot of medical
care and am permanently disabled.
I got a bill a few months ago stating I owed from a doc visit three years
ago in which I had such serious chest pain I couldn't even call 911 or walk for
twenty minuets to get help[. I thought i was going to die from chest pain at 33!
The doc at the EMG. room was so ignorant of TOS he didn't even bother to note
that it was related to my TOS so workers comp. refused to pay. So after I read
all this about your chest pain and all the responses I faxed this to my attorney
and he took a good look at the Reality of it all. Unfortunately TOS is very hard
to diagnose and my injury is under repetitive stress injury .not TOS! I bet in a
few yrs. TOS will fall into the work injury category. But employers need to get
off their a-------and work with employees to prevent posture related injuries.
My scum bucket employer avoided my complaints of pain and didn't even ask me to
see a doc when i told him i couldn't move my neck for a whole week. Then the
hands went cqaput, then my back, then my
arms...by then it was too darn late!!
I wish I could only blame myself but it was my boss. Previous to this employer,
idiot, I had a wonderful job at the same place for six years were they would
never let me get hurt like this if I complained they would have fixed the
mechanics problem ASAP>>>
Anyways my NEWBORN is doing great and somehow my left arm pain went away when my
baby was born!! Its a delight. Oh yah..thanks for saving me a few
bucks!!!Lets educate our doctors in the emg. rooms..ok??
thoracicoutletsyndrome@yahoogroups.com wrote:

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1. Re: New TOS member questions
From: Deborah Young


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:53:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Deborah Young
Subject: Re: New TOS member questions

Hi! I just read your note. It sounds like you may
have a number of things going on. You do have some
classic TOS symptoms but the angina and increase in
heart rate is some thing that needs to be evaluated
professionally. Pay close to the chest pain. I have
had chest pain with my symptoms, but my pain is in my
rib muscles. It does not go through my chest, but
radiates around the chest wall. Some times the pain is
so severe, I cant breathe. Please your chest pain isnt
related to a cardiac condition. Please be persistant
in having this checked out, medical will have the
tendency to blow you off because of your age. You
should have a EKG, stress test at minimum to rule out
any cardiac problems. It wouldn't be a good idea to
do any streneous aerobic exercises until this is
determined. Let me know how you make out. I have 15
years on you with this inconvience. I have a few
suggestions to make life a little more manageable.
--- Falk Hue wrote:

> After 5 years of periodic pain, I can finally put a
> name to it after
> seeing a Dr who recognized the problems I was
> having. Since this is
> very new to me (as of last week) I was wondering if
> others would be
> willing to share there experiences that relate to my
> own symptoms,
> and how people have dealt with them, (through what
> type of therapy
> and medication).
>
> I am a 29yr old male. I am wondering if others have
> had these less
> common symptoms related to TOS.
>
> Angina (chest pain)
> Anxiety attacks
> Palpitations and a tachycardia after exercise (my
> heart jumped to 190
> after jogging at 130)
> headaches and unexplained fatigue
> Night jolts
> Loss of feeling in right arm (when my pain is in my
> left clavicle)
> Alcohol and caffeine aggravate my TOS.
> TOS getting worse at night
> Irritability
>
> I aggravated my TOS my jogging and working out on a
> rowing machine
> before I knew what I had. Aleve and hot pads have
> helped
> tremendously, however, if I place cold pads on my
> shoulder I almost
> pass out and need to stop immediately. I am
> wondering if people
> would share with me, through there experiences if
> they consider this
> a mild, moderate or severe case of TOS??
>
> I was wondering if people who've been diagnosed with
> Artery or Vein
> TOS would share their experiences... The pain
> relating to my heart
> and circulatory system makes me feel like I've done
> more than just
> hurt my nerves (It's hard for me to separate the
> symptoms from my
> anxiety). I don't get swelling but some numbness in
> my arms and
> hands, I have constant pain in my clavicle.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions to natural/over the
> counter medications,
> or prescriptions? Does anyone know of a good Dr. in
> Tulsa, Oklahoma?
>
> It's very easy for depression and constant crying to
> grip you when
> you're in so much pain like this. I am very
> thankful to have a place
> to share this with, and not feel alone anymore.
> Thank-you for
> listening.
>
>




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