My TOS :
AFTER YEARS OF GOING TO THE DOCTOR WITH ALL THE USUAL SYMPTOMS OF TOS, HE REFERED ME TO A BREAST SURGEON BECAUSE I'D HAD 5 LUMPS REMOVED AND HE THOUGHT SCAR TISSUE WAS CAUSING MY PROBLEM. I ASKED THE SURGEON TO REMOVE MY LEFT BREAST HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS, AFTER EXAMINING ME HE SAID I HAD 2 HEALTHY BREASTS AND 2 UNUSUASL CERVICAL RIBS CAUSING ALL OF MY PROBLEMS, I WAS SO HAPPY I CRIED HE TOLD ME NOT TO GET TO EXCITED AS HE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT COULD BE OPERATED ON. WE FINALLY FOUND A SURGEON WHO WOULD DO IT. FEB03 I FINALLY GOT THE OPERATION. NOTHING WENT RIGHT I'VE NOW LOST 90% OF USE IN MY LEFT ARM MY MUSCLES HAVE WASTED AWAY I COULD NOT MOVE MY ARM FOR 6 MONTHS AFTER I HAD PHYSIO EVERY OTHER DAY FOR 6 MONTHS. IT'S ALMOST A YEAR SINCE SURGERY AND MY SYMPTOMS HAVE MULTIPLIED BY 100% I DIDN'T THINK LIFE WITH TOS COULD BE WORSE UNTIL AFTER THE OPERATION I WISHED I'D NEVER HAD IT DONE. I'VE NOW BEEN REFERED TO A NEUROSURGEON BUT HE SEEMS TO THINK THE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO IN CASE THERE'S ANY HOPE THE SURGEON DOESN'T KNOW OF.
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