I’m so sorry that the Canadian system seems to be in such denial about ES, it’s beyond frustrating that you potentially have vascular ES & it’s not being taken seriously…I agree with @Isaiah_40_31 that it could be calcified stylo-hyoid ligaments and not necessarily a fractured styloid, but either way it doesn’t really matter, given your symptoms the calcification needs removing really.
The redness is strange, it’s not common, but maybe if it does occur more during exercise & you have trouble breathing you should give this a miss? I had IJV compression which caused head pressure, I had to give up exercise as the exercise contributed to worsening symptoms, it’s tough, but sometimes best for your health.
Dr Witterick used to do surgery but from what we’ve heard he’s concentrating on cancer patients now. Have you looked at the Doctors list in case there’s anyone else you can reach out to? Here’s a link:
Doctor Lists – no discussion - Symptoms and Treatments / Doctor Information - Living with Eagle
We do also have a list of doctors who have authored research papers- they might not be practising, possibly just researchers, but there’s certainly one paper about VES which might be worth looking at, here’s a link to that:
Doctors Who Have Authored Research Papers - Symptoms and Treatments / Doctor Information - Living with Eagle
Quite a few of our Canadian members have had surgery with Dr Cognetti in PA or Dr Hackman in SC, obviously a longer journey but if you’ve got to fly anyway, idk if they’d be any cheaper? Dr Nakaji in AZ is also experienced with VES if you want to stick with west coast…
I really hope that you can get surgery somewhere 
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