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Very sad --

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~lcscott/hemothorax.html

The patient was a 64 year old female who presented with a chief complaint of extreme pain and coldness of the right fingertips. After worsening pain over the course of six months, she underwent a thoracoscopic sympathectomy (surgery which involves removal of a portion of the sympathetic division of the nervous system) to relieve the pain at her fingertips. On the second day after the procedure, she developed rapid, shallow breathing and a precipitous drop in blood pressure. A chest tube was seen to drain bloody fluid. The patient died shortly thereafter despite all efforts to resuscitate her.

My god that is quite horrible. *warning article contains some pretty gory images*.

i have raynauds and also had the ets surgery
so not all patients end up like that poor lady
i had huge probs with hands and feet thats y i had the ops
yes i have dry hands and some loss of sensaion in hands but if i didnt have surgery i dont like 2 think how my hands would b like now
mermie xx