Hi & welcome! I’m sorry that your symptoms resolved after surgery, but then returned- it sounds as if your veins successful decompressed, but then perhaps collapsed? I was told after my surgery that sometimes the veins can’t stay open if they’ve been compressed for a while and that stenting may be needed (if all bony compressions are removed), has this been mentioned by your doctor at all?
If I understand right, did you have both sides shaved? Are you thinking that not enough has been removed? It does look like your hyoid bone processes are elongated/ stylo-hyoid ligaments are calcified too, and they look pretty spikey so not surprising if they’re contributing to symptoms! Some of your symptoms could be caused by that, like your voice issues, swallowing …
I had bilateral IJV compression so can sympathise with many of your symptoms- I had to sleep propped up which helped. Are you still sleeping on your front? It sounds as if your vagus nerve could be being irritated, and like you’ve mentioned the carotid artery sinus area which can cause heart arrythmias, BP spikes …
Dr Aghayev in Turkey is very experienced and has done quite a few surgeries for members so he would be a good bet for a consultation… I don’t know if he would address the hyoid bone though, if you do need that trimming too. In addition, your thyroid cartilage looks pretty
There are tips for helping with IJV compression in this section, there might be some ideas of things which could help you in the mean time:
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Not all our members stay on here after surgery; if surgery is successful often people get on with their lives and don’t come back. People who do still have issues often stay on for support still, so if we did a thread for 1 year post-op stories it probably wouldn’t accurately reflect surgical results, would more likely be skewed towards some who still have problems and could potentially put people off having surgery, that would be my worry. Also we’re seeing more & more members with complicated medical conditions, so they may well need more than just ES surgery to improve their health…
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