For those of you who don't know, Dave has suffered from chronic pain in his right arm for over 6 years. It started with just his pinky and ring fingers and has progressed to encompass his entire arm, sometimes up into his jaw. He finally found two doctors (I think #12 and #13) who can help him.
Dave has two surgeries scheduled for Wednesday, March 12. He will have his ulnar nerve moved from the back of his elbow (funny bone) to the front under muscle and will have his muscular tendon that pulls your shoulder forward and down cut in a surgery called ectoralis minor tenotomy. This should relieve his thoracic outlet syndrome problems.
I'll let you know later how things turn out.
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I'm guessing if you are docs 12 and 13, you have probably tried chiropractors, but if not, that might be an alternative to look at. Do they know what is causing the compression? Anything that behavioral changes can fix? If nothing else works, I really hope the surgery goes well!
I have tried really everything. Accupuncture, massage, physical therapy, injections, drugs... pretty much every non-invasive treatment you can throw at it. The doctor's guess (as well as the chiropractror/accupuncturist) about the shoulder seem to think there's a chance it's due to my collar bone being pushed in and down due to some injury-- likely a motorcycle crash I had back in '04. In any case, I just hope at the very least that this won't make it worse.
I'm pulling for you! Hope you make it! If not, I'll see you soon.
hey-- sounds like a deal pal... just watch out for me taking your spot...
What do you think I've been waiting for?!
you lookin to retire? that's all you had to say! what are the dental benefits like? vision covered? 1st born... do I get to keep her? Can I run things from up here? Who do I see about HR issues?
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