I have the syndrom of Poland; I miss my whole chest muscle, but thanks to a wonder called Nature, my other muscles take all the work my chest has to do. With that syndrom usually comes heart and lung problems, we did a couple of test's and my heart works for 75 and my lungs for 80 (Not that bad, but its still unhealthy) No paralysis tough, what's the doctors response? For the explenation of the syndrom above, having no muscle is pretty annoying to so I know how you feel.