In September of 2011 I developed a blood clot in my shoulder. The cause of this was my smallest rib bone was pinching my vein. It is called a Venous Trambosis. Apparently this is very common in baseball pitchers. The operation went well but as often happens with this operation, I lost some of the strength in my right arm. I have about 90% strength when compared to before the operation. I have also lost a little feeling above my elbow. The worse thing is that because the Doctor moved my lung to get to the bone I for some reason have fluid collected on the outside of my right lung. I am not able to use the bottom one third because of this. I hope to have that finally taken out next year. It is at times a little bit discomforting but I can pretty much do what I like to do. When I had this operation I had to spend a little over a week in the hospital and even though I was in bed the whole time I lost about 15 lbs!