Dieselgeek

53 minutes ago, Snoslinger said:

what symptoms did you have all that time?

Daily Headaches/migraines starting at age 10. Then bicep pain doing certain activities, then eye/ear issues, arm pain/numbness, tingling, shooting nerve pain, hand weakness/atrophy. Other issues as well. Surgery took 5 hours to remove scar tissue/rib. Yet there are Dr’s who will tell you it’s in your head. TOS that presents with clots is easier to treat, you can see the issue with testing. Nerves are much harder to diagnose!

1 hour ago, Highmark said:

Diagnosis is becoming more common.   Amazing they can usually fix it by cutting out the first rib.  Both my kids are missing ribs now.  The older boy who had the tumor removed they had to cut through 2 or 3 ribs to get to it.   Couple of them grew partially back.   That was a new one for me I never knew ribs can grow back if they aren't cut far enough off.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_outlet_syndrome

Do either you or Wife/Mom have TOS issues? Seems there is a genetic component that isn’t fully known yet. I have read books on TOS as it has consumed/wrecked my life for years now. 

1 hour ago, Snoslinger said:

damn. good luck. I have never even heard of it and here we have 2 cases.

Mine is mostly genetic, Mom also had a rib removed in 1986. Took me decades to be diagnosed though! It is becoming more common, yet a bit barbaric to have a rib taken out, but it makes a hell of a difference!

8 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Good luck.   The surgery wasn't nearly the scare the blood clot was.   

Lots of MLB players are going thru this.   Some just pinching a nerve other the artery or vein like my son.   Matt Harvey is probably the most prominent.  

Certainly, a clot is nothing to mess with! Mine is NTOS, so I’ve been fighting nerve issues for 25 years, finally had enough! Hope your son is doing well now. 

1 minute ago, Biggie Smails said:

Damn dude...here's to a speedy recovery. 

Thanks! I had surgery Thursday the 19th, discharged on the 21st. Came for a follow up on the 23rd, and was told I had a collapsed lung. So re-admitted, chest tube put in, and lung is inflated again. Risk of surgery unfortunately. I’ve been away from my family for 7 days now. Should be cleared to fly Friday night or Saturday. 

5 hours ago, Highmark said:

My private insurance is incredible.   Not one single complaint and had two major health issues with kids in the past 6 years.   One son had a benign tumor removed from his vertebrae/spine (look up Osteoblastoma) and the other had a severe clot from thoracic outlet syndrome spent a week in intensive care and had his first rib removed to prevent further occurrences.  Between the 2 over $500K in medical bills of which we were responsible for $1400 TOTAL.   

I’m in the hospital in Boston currently after having my rib removed for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Had the right side removed last year. 

3 hours ago, teamgreen02 said:

6:15 and hardly anyone here.  Used to be that you had to get here early or wait in line for an hour. What happened?

Gates open at 7.

I was unloading gas at one of the stations in North Branch, I thought I would see more trucks headed east towards the grounds. 

57 minutes ago, racinfarmer said:

You should snowmobile with one on.

I'm thinking of going full nerd and getting an Apple Watch. It is atleast smart enough to know when I'm not walking or running. 

I started wearing a Fitbit last week. Great at keeping time, sucks at counting steps. Adds 4-5k steps a day when I drive a semi truck. Hell today it added 600 steps mowing the lawn. 

Tractor. I would go much larger with 80 acres though.

Not staying at a great job, but left to pursue a dream of farming. Not protecting my body. Need surgery now to remove a rib/compression in my neck/shoulder to increase blood flow to my arms/hands due to prior jobs. Start investing at a younger age. Not be so picky with girls when I was single!

I spent some time looking at Stihl trimmers yesterday. I think I'm going to go with the kombi system. Probably going all out with the km 130r. 

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