Does anyone know what the average recovery time is via intraoral?
Thank you !
Hi Rhys & welcome!
It does vary a bit, but if you’ve already had your tonsils out as an adult, it’ll likely be a similar recovery to that. With intra-oral surgery the most painful part is swallowing and eating etc, as you already know I’m sure, so be prepared with ice lollies, ice cream, smoothies, soft foods… You might have some flare up of nerves depending on where your styloid is irritating them, so it’s common for members to get pain in the jaw and face after surgery for a bit, or tingling or numbness. There are lots of post-op recovery stories on here which you can use the search function for.
Has your doctor done many of the surgeries? It’s important to remove as much of the styloid as possible to get the best out come as possible, and also for them to smooth the tip which is left or it could still aggravate nerves.
Have you got a date for your surgery?
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I don’t know about average recovery time … my first styloid out was Intraoral - It’s been a month - I went back to work after a week, part time days … second week full time days. I still have some slow dissolve stitches in the back of my throat. Every day is a little different and a little better.
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That’s great to know and thank you for the kind feedback! They called me yesterday to start booking me in, waited about 6 months in total. He’s done few but similar operations in the same area. He explained to me in detail how he will proceed so that gave me confidence. I’m just nervous about being put to sleep more than anything. My operation could be end of this month or end of September.
I reckon at a later stage I’ll have the other side removed also.
I’m pretty sure they want to have me in earlier to show med students lol
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@Rhys - As @Jules noted, it’s best if the surgeon cuts the styloids back as close to your skull base as possible. I’m reiterating this based on the statement you made in your application:
…he has opted to go through the mouth rather than outside the neck as my tonsils have already been removed, it’s just a matter of making a small incision and cutting it in half… Unless your styloid isn’t very long, only cutting it in half may not be short enough to help relieve your symptoms.
Yeah I’ll make sure to discuss this in further detail - thank you 
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Has anyone had consistent heart arythmia from eagle syndrome ?
The styloids can irritate the vagus nerve, which can cause arrythmia, quite a few members have had issues with this.
I only had problems w/ my heart during hard aerobic exercise. That mostly stopped after my ES surgeries. I know my vagus nerve is still not a totally happy camper though so I’m not surprised there’s a little residual heart stuff.
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