Does anyone else have T.O.S. as a result of their heart surgery?
I thought that I was dying last night, ended up in the ER. I have had some pain in my left arm before and had noticed that it also was always cold, just thought it was an overactive imagination. I went to sleep and laid on my left arm, bad idea, I woke up with my whole arm aching and when it had not stopped by midnight, i went to the ER.
Fortunately I knew the ER doc he goes to my grandmother's church. He did not think I was crazy, and when he did not find a pulse in my left arm he told me I have Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
Apparently a little physical therapy will help improve blood flow and get the pulse to return. I start that tomorrow. My old college chem lab partner is going to be my physical therapist. He will never let me forget setting our station on fire in lab one evening, so this should at least be interesting.
Lettitia
I thought that I was dying last night, ended up in the ER. I have had some pain in my left arm before and had noticed that it also was always cold, just thought it was an overactive imagination. I went to sleep and laid on my left arm, bad idea, I woke up with my whole arm aching and when it had not stopped by midnight, i went to the ER.
Fortunately I knew the ER doc he goes to my grandmother's church. He did not think I was crazy, and when he did not find a pulse in my left arm he told me I have Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
Apparently a little physical therapy will help improve blood flow and get the pulse to return. I start that tomorrow. My old college chem lab partner is going to be my physical therapist. He will never let me forget setting our station on fire in lab one evening, so this should at least be interesting.
Lettitia
