@BraveKat , you’re right when you say that maybe people who have had good results move on & don’t come back too much. It does sometimes skew what you see on here as the people whose surgeries don’t make a massive difference do stay on for support & those might be the stories you hear more of…many people’s surgeries are successful, but we do accept that there are risks, and we’re seeing members with so much more complicated situations that the ES surgery is often one step on a longer journey.
You can search for success stories to have a look at, here’s one to start you off:
Surgery for Eagles is usually successful! - General - Living with Eagle
Mine was very successful, the first side being removed made a big difference to my vascular symptoms, & I had the second side done a year later. I still get some nerve pain on one side so still take Amitriptyline, but it’s not as painful as it was before surgery & the facial tingling etc is better. I’ve not needed any other PT etc.
@Chrickychricky so pleased that your surgery has made such a difference for you too, and hope that you can get some answers to your remaining symptoms…