Symptoms Worsen

July 30, 2010
I didn't sleep a wink the previous night because of all my chest/shoulder pain.  The pain was getting more severe and I found myself being able to breath less and less without there being pain. I found out it was worse when I laid down flat so I tried to stay sitting straight up and keep a cool look on my face not to worry Rachel.  After all I just thought it pulled a muscle in my back, I didn't want her to feel bad for me or worry about it.  That night I had to prop myself up to get any shut eye and my breathing felt much more shallow than before.  I planned on calling mom first thing in the morning to get some advice.

2nd Symptom

July 29, 2010.

I remember Rachel was having a girls night at the house that night.  Rachel, Jenica, Kim and Alisha were watching this show called "Jersey Shore" which both me and our roommate Brian can't stand so we went to the gym.   I rode the bike on medium difficulty for about 5 minutes and was feeling really winded which was out of the norm so I went over and tried doing some curls for a change.  After about 2 sets I was extremely out of breath and sweaty so I left Brian there and went home to clean up.  By the time I cleaned up and ate some dinner Alisha had left and I realized Jenica was staying the night so I did what any gentleman would do and offered her my bed.   From the moment I laid down on the couch I could tell something was wrong.  

Symptoms were-

Sharp pain in back- behind right shoulder blade

Slight shortness of breath

Very tight chest

General uneasy feeling.

1st Symptom

July 26 2010,  I woke up made some coffee and got on the cpu to hopefully find that perfect job I'd been looking for the past month.  After a couple hours I was getting kind of burnt out so I decided to do some yoga(which I was very new at).  About an hour after twist and contorting my body in bunch of different uncomfortable positions my left arm started feeling a little funky.  I brushed it figuring I just popped something out of place during yoga until my whole arm felt constricted and my veins were popping out for no apparent reason.  So I sat on the couch, relaxed and it past after about 5 minutes of discomfort.


What had most likely happened was I twist my neck and arm in such a way that my rib and clavicle pinched my sub clavian vein. Thus causing Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Actual Picture of my arm at time of blood clot

Prefix

July 11, 2009 I broke my 1st metatarsal (big toe bone) while wake-boarding out in Sacramento.  This forced me to have 1 plate, 1 pin and 3 screws surgically put in to put my foot back together.  After about 2 months the Doc cleared me to fly to England to see my mom.  While over there I traveled everywhere on my crutches and really didn't let them stop me from doing much.  I came back to the states after a month to get right back in the routing of going to concerts and backyard BBQs.   I spent about a total of 4 months on crutches which I believe was a main contributing factor to me being diagnosed with Paget Schroeder's Syndrome.   Then I was on a cane for another month or so which was actually kinda cool.  As you can tell I didn't let the crutches or cane stop me from doing much of anything.