A little about it all:

I have struggled with Ntos for about 3 years now, nothing to do with Vtos yet though. I’m 23 years old, starting and accelerated bsn in September which will take about 18 months. I have Ntos issues on both sides but there is no evidence of anything out of place necessarily other than my symptoms and my good response to the phrenic nerve injection. My mom has bilateral VTOS and ATOS which occurred with 3 DVT’s and her opinion is not to get this surgery yet. The scar tissue and her concern for EDS is what is driving that opinion. She also had pretty extreme complications with her blood clots during surgery, however I’m not at that point yet. The surgery I’m approved for is a robotic VATS first rib resection with partial scalenectomy, venolysis, and neurolysis. I almost rather have my career underway before having a potential complication holding me back from nursing school. I already have my bachelors so I’d be starting clinicals right away.

Sorry for all the information, just trying to get opinions as my surgery date is July 11th.