I have found that (1) if you don't take the time to take care of yourself,
you will be in no position to take care of yourself or anyone else.(2) I
would insist on a referral or find a doctor that would, I can not understand
why your doctor would be resistant to you seeing another doctor since he is
not a Vascular Neurologist and hence not equipped to deal with your
issues.(3) You can be sure that your job will not be there to help you when
you get to the point of not being able to care for yourself. I write this
through experience believe me. I worked and traveled and worked some more
until my body shut down and I ended up with two major back fusions, one
which has left me in constant, critical pain and very little use of my right
leg on some days. I found out I had TOS through my Neurologist although I
had not paid much attention to my hands, just knew that I was losing the use
of them. He diagnosed me immediately, they ran all the necessary tests, and
I am trying to recover from my first left rib resection to fix the TOS on my
left arm. I am no longer able to work due to my back and a number of other
things so have been on disability for a couple of years and I hate what my
life has become...Maybe if I had skipped one of those meetings , or not
taken one of those consulting jobs and taken care of myself first I would
not be in this position.
No one can tell you what to do, I am just telling you my story in hopes that
it will help you take care of yourself first because believe me, all of
those people that need something from you all the time are not necessarily
there when things fall apart for you.
I can not say that I hate my life, I am grateful to be alive and each day
look for a piece of blue sky, try to lend a hand(little pun there) to those
in need as much as I can but it has its moments, but believe me, I do know
what is important now and I thank God for each day.
God bless and good luck in your decision making.
Kath
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From: "tltrix" <tltrix@...>
To: <thoracicoutletsyndrome@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:06 PM
Subject: [Thoracic Outlet Syndrome] need advice


> I was in an mva in aug 2005 this was the 4th one in 14 years since
> the latest one i have had symptoms of tos my chiropractor would like
> me to see a specialist about it but my medical dr is hesitant to refer
> me I am a food service manager I have been unable to go back to work
> because I can't do the lifting required and when I try to pick things
> up sometimes my hands just don't work right Any ideas about what i can
> do i see a chiro 2x per week my doc wants me to go to physio but i
> can't fit all of that into my schedule
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