To start
I'm a 68 y.o. male living alone on soc. sec. so money is very tight. I've had a lot of neck trauma in my life from many motor vehicle and work accidents and probably had symptoms of tos before the following incident but they were more annoying than life affecting so I didn't realize it.

In 6/15 I had a tia in my sleep. Not knowing this when I arose I went to get out of bed and my right leg gave way and I fell against my night table with my right arm. I developed numbness, then tightness of the muscles, across my upper back at the shoulder level. This was on the right side at first but now affects both sides. The neurologist said it was due to my tia. However the problem got worse and after almost 3 months and my suggesting to the Dr. that something else was the matter I had x-rays and an mri. I finally was diagnosed with cervical stenosis issues and had c/4-c/7 fusion and c/4-c/5, c/6-c/7 discectomies on 12/12/15(I'd previously had a c/5-c/6 fusion in 1994. Also in 2008 my c/1 was broken. I've been involved in at least a dozen automobile collisions in my life, 4 of which vehicles I was driving were totaled, and 4 motorcycle accidents, 3 of which were serious.).

Since then, despite a c3/c4 fusion, carpal tunnel surgery, lower back laminectomy and foraminecty and right shoulder rotator cuff surgery, which I'd also had previously in 1993, I have only gotten worse so that I can some days hardly move, particularly when the weather changes. The problem has spread from my shoulder area to my neck muscles, my back muscles and affects my balance and my walking,, my arms down to my fingers. my vision and hearing on really bad days, my bowels and bladder and occasionally swallowing. I am disabled on my left side from a major stroke in 2006, but before this fall I did not have these problems and I could move well enough so that I could work part time in property management and live alone in a 2 story house without it being the problem it is now. Since this started I have not been able to work.

I've tried massage therapy, physical therapy, acupuncture,, baclofen, gabapentin, flexirol, cortisone shot, steroid, had muscle block and fascia remodeling. I truly believe due to my research that my problem is caused by scalene muscle hypertonicity and brachial plexus compression. I hope this info is adequate but i'll be happy to supply anything else you need. I hope you will help me as life is almost unbearable.

I have found a Dr. here in Vegas who treats tos, Drs. who really know anything about tos are few and far between, with supraclavicular surgery but he takes very little insurance including not mine. And I don't have the funds to self pay so does anyone know where i might get help to get the surgery? I need about 35,000 to cover everything. Thanks for any help and best to all.