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Intermittent symptoms are very unlikely to result in positive nerve conduction tests, and in my experience essentially never positive in thoracic outlet patients. I would recommend at least having a vascular clinic that treats TOS do an ultrasound evaluation of your thoracic outlet. It's a dyn...

I have used Ally since they bought TradeKing. Not a active day trader or anything, usually make 5-10 trades a month only. The interface is nice, mobile app works great, and no complaints. Probably not as much built in research, etc as some of the bigger brokerages. I've thought at times abou...

Touché. Maybe I should have added "without directly asking". That approach was already attempted and did not work....

[quote]As I posted yesterday, "high ankle sprain" has become a colloquialized term basically meaning a "bad sprain". Technically though it involves injury to not just the ankle ligaments, but also syndesmotic ligaments connecting the two lower leg bones above the ankle. Hence "high ankle" sprain. [/...

[quote]I wish I had the pre-op images but I don’t.[/quote] No worries. How old is your girlfriend? You had asked what to expect. Younger patients generally will do better faster. Older patients lose more motion but still cope well typically. I’m an ortho shoulder surgeon. Most patients a...

[quote]Started feeling a sharp pain in front of shoulder while doing presses and to a lesser extent bench. Having to drop weight on both just to finish sets. Any advice besides see a doctor. Not that I wouldn't just going to be a few weeks before I get in to Drs office and don't want to pause my wor...

[quote]We were the first class to do it since your team. We robbed parts from your car because we had little funding. We went to the silver dome to compete. [/quote] There was a 1998 FSAE team as well. I was on it with 5 other guys. The robbing parts from previous cars is a common theme. Ha...

[quote]No. It almost certainly is not. Is that simple enough? It may be "worth it" for folks who'd eventually benefit from your care For you, it may be "worth it" if you choose to pursue a career in medicine with the same attitude you would in pursuing a career in the Peace Corps. Ot...

[quote]StringedInstruments[/quote] Hold your head high, bud. It took serious courage to listen to your gut. Life is an adventure. No matter what you end up doing, this experience will make you better for it. Good luck to you. :cheers:...

[quote]I appreciate all of the responses. I think I'm just ready to take over my own finances and provide for my family with a steady career with a decent, livable income. I hate that it took traveling all the damn way here for it all to boil over, but my gut is really pushing me to go home. ...