# Feedback on Joshua Shindler in Oregon **URL:** \ **Category:** Doctor Information\ **Tags:** internal-jugular-vei\ **Created:** [June 19, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/feedback-on-joshua-shindler-in-oregon/19531 "2025-06-19T22:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Trisha](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Trisha)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/feedback-on-joshua-shindler-in-oregon/19531/1 "2025-06-19T22:45:04Z")
Hi friends, has anyone had a positive outcome surgery with Dr Joshua Shindler in Oregon? Any info would be greatly appreciated šŸ˜Š ---
**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/feedback-on-joshua-shindler-in-oregon/19531/2 "2025-06-20T00:39:32Z")
Weā€™ve had a few members whoā€™ve had him do their ES surgeries. Hereā€™s a discussion by one member @Kiriez. > [@I had an Intra-oral styloidectomy with Dr. Schindler today](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/i-had-an-intra-oral-styloidectomy-with-dr-schindler-today/16955/6): > > I just wanted to post a quick update. Its been about a month and a half since my surgery. The first few days were painful and uncomfortable. It was probably equivilant to a bad head cold except it was also slow and tedius eating anything. On the first day the stitches would hit the back of my tongue and gag me a bit if I fell behind on my meds at all. That was really uncomfortable but also it passed quickly. Really, the worst longer term symptom I had was that my tongue was really numb on the ā€¦ You can look for other discussions about Dr. Schindler by clicking on the magnifying glass search tool & typing his name in the search bar that comes up. ---
**Author:** ![Trisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Trisha](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Trisha)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/feedback-on-joshua-shindler-in-oregon/19531/3 "2025-06-20T00:52:03Z")
Thanks for your response Isaiah, Its releiving to know that he had sdone successful surgeries. I have a surgery with Dr Hepworth on August 18th, my insurance is saying the will not cover Denver, i have spoken with them and let them know there are no qualified surgeonā€™s in Utah and have gotten 3 letters from doctors explaining they are not qualified and i need a qualified surgeon. My insurance says they will cover Idaho, Utah, Washington and Oregon. Not sure what route I will go but I would like to have Hepworth do my surgery but if there is a good surgeon in one of those states im willing to look into them. ---
**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/feedback-on-joshua-shindler-in-oregon/19531/4 "2025-06-20T15:52:14Z")
With your vascular symptoms, you really should stick w/ a doctor like doctor Hepworth who ā€œknows the ropesā€ for that type of surgery. Dr. Schindler only does intraoral surgery which is not great for dealing w/ vascular ES. I am so sorry your insurance isnā€™t advocating for your benefit & is being inflexible. Weā€™ve had other members whoā€™ve had similar situations. You can contact your ins. company to see if they have a patient advocate as some of our members have had success working w/ a patient advocate when coverage was declined. If they donā€™t you may be able to find a patient advocate online. There is a process & it might put your surgery off a bit. Iā€™ll try to find the post @lilwider wrote about her experience w/ this & you can look for them, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jules](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/jules/32/404_2.png) [@Jules](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Jules)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/feedback-on-joshua-shindler-in-oregon/19531/5 "2025-06-20T16:09:54Z")
Hereā€™s a couple of discussions about appealing insurance decisions, the first one has info about the procedure which was useful for an insurance appeal: [Iā€™m asking for my eagle syndrome familys help - General - Living with Eagle](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/im-asking-for-my-eagle-syndrome-familys-help/14811/4) [Update ā€¦final appeal - General - Living with Eagle](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/update-final-appeal/15203) I do agree with @Isaiah_40_31 that for VES, you do need a doctor with that experience if you can see one, & intra-oral surgery isnā€™t the best method for vascular issuesā€¦ Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Trisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Trisha](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Trisha)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/feedback-on-joshua-shindler-in-oregon/19531/6 "2025-06-20T16:15:45Z")
Right, Iā€™m not ok just having anyone cut near my jugular. I am getting alot of documentation from doctors that arenā€™t qualified hoping that will help my case. I will also use youā€™re email to help my case. I will ask about the patient advocacy. I will link into lilwilders post. Thank you so much for taking time to help people. You are an amazing person. šŸ„°