More TOS in the News

Emery underwent surgery in Utah that resulted in having two ribs, and scar tissue around his lungs, removed.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865630902/Having-dealt-with-health-challenges-Emery-eager-to-start-BYU-career.html?pg=all

TOS in the News

http://www.mysuncoast.com/health/news/relieving-pain-removing-ribs/article_67b9a328-786f-11e3-b2e4-0019bb30f31a.html

Another TOS story in the news...

Guitarist has a bone to pick, and a survival story behind it
Read the full story here...


http://herald-review.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/guitarist-has-a-bone-to-pick-and-a-survival-story/article_a47a14ba-a222-11e2-bdcd-001a4bcf887a.html
 

TOS in the News

The following story was so encouraging for me to read.
Sylvia Sabin is living with TOS and not letting it keep her down!

Woman needs only one arm to get a hole in one

"Sabin's left arm hasn't been of much use to her since a 2002 car accident prompted thoracic outlet syndrome, multiple surgeries and a combination of pain, numbness, tingling and weakness caused by pressure on the nerves or blood vessels that pass into the arms from the neck.
It's certainly no help in swinging a golf club.
"My hand would turn blue," she said.
So Sabin, 64, swings with just her right arm..."
Read the full article here.  

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/06/5239478/woman-needs-only-one-arm-to-get.html#storylink=cpy

TOS in the news...

Ah, guitar playing...another personal casualty of my TOS. I hope the guy in the following article does well postop and can play again like he expects.
 http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=184137 
I've downgraded my own guitar playing ambitions to possibly the Ukelele...just under consideration. Think that'd work or would the looking down while learning be asking for flare up trouble? Sure looks like fun.
In the following article link, we have yet another post about one of the many sports figures cropping up with TOS. The bulk of the TOS news articles online seem to surround folks with sports issues lately.  Am I the only TOSer who is annoyed that TOS is given more attention because of high profile sport players and not because average everyday people have experienced the same symptoms and deserve to be taken seriously?
I wonder how many sports players get 'the TOS run around' that the rest of us get to experience?
I do, however; wish Mr. McQuaid a complete recovery, and wonderful life.
http://www.csnne.com/hockey-boston-bruins/bruins-talk/McQuaid-improving-skating-in-limited-cap?blockID=820121&feedID=10428

Today In TOS News...

Read the complete report here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2070350/Ask-doctor-My-blood-pressure-high-just-arm.html

"A blockage in this artery is usually due to trauma, such as a broken arm or collar bone, though it can also be caused by the presence of an extra rib, called a cervical rib.



This abnormality is present from birth in one in 200 of us but, over time, it can press on the artery and cause damage, triggering a clot.
It is easily diagnosed on X-ray, and, if there are no symptoms, we leave it alone. But if the rib is causing pain by compressing vital nerves, or affecting the functioning of the arm by pressing on a blood vessel, then surgery may be essential."

A reason for TOSers to stay out of trouble

Did you see this in the news?
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/owen-61491-deputy-mudd.html

"The resisting arrest charge was filed after Owen allegedly refused to put his arms behind him in order to be handcuffed.
Owen claimed that he is unable to put his arms behind him because of a birth defect called "neurogenic thoracic outlet compression syndrome."
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I can imagine the pain that would cause.
So fellow TOSers out there...be good.

TOS in the news...

Link->Saltalamacchia says yips are gone

Hey, whatever helps, I say!