DazedAndConfusd
Active member
Hello, I'm new and have been lurking these forums in search of others that had the surgery. I stumbled on this forum during my search for experiences. Wish I knew sooner as its full of great info. Despite some of the members here not recommending it, I went through with it. I had already made up my mind.
I've actually been wanting the surgery since I first heard it was possible on a radio ad. I've had enough humiliation from sweaty hands to determine that surgery was for me. A PCP once told me to rub antiperspirant on my hands. He obviously had NO idea. Epic fail. I waited so long to get an insurance that would cover it. Then on and off uninsured. So I took the plunge and paid out of pocket. I'm in the US, so while expensive, I noticed not as bad as some other quotes I've seen.
So the first most embarrassing episode was 8th grade gym being forced to country dance hands held. I wanted to crawl under a rock. Dripping sweat and thank goodness that kid was a nice kid. He pretended it wasn't happening, though it was obviously gross.
Fast forward to this morning. I checked in. Paid the facility fee. Did a pregnancy test, weight, vitals checked, EKG, IV signed the last waivers, was given my wonderful drugs... And then I woke up. It wasn't so bad. I did have the chest discomfort and had to breathe shallow. I was coughing a little. I was a bit raspy. What bothered me the most was I was freezing and shaking from it. But then they gave me a pain med and all those symptoms virtually gone. I'm so relaxed right now. So 6-7am was prep and by 9:30am we were in the car on the way back to the room with my warm, pink dry hands. Such a novelty for me. I think I have those 'ghost' sensations of upcoming sweat, but it's not happening.
I had the Micro ETS. My lungs were not collapsed and ganglia are not removed. Just the nerve cut. Not sure how it's done else where, so mentioned. I know cutting a nerve sounds extreme to the squeamish. I'm squeamish myself. But I feel I went half my life like this and don't want to 'deal' with sweaty, drippy hands. I know I'll have compensatory sweat. I do hope for the least sweat, but I took my chances and chose I prefer to deal with that when it hits.
I am looking forward to having a normal grip. It's about more than shaking hands. I'd like to try yoga again, maybe martial arts, dancing lessons, maybe get a job (currently sahm), try at personal training, socialize more, ohhh and Id like to pick up a barbell with a firm grip. I was one of those people chalk didn't help. I had to wear grip pads, gloves, versas and take all the teasing. Because you know, gloves are for wimps... Also looking forward to not dropping stuff.
As of today, I'm very optimistic. I know I might get those butt sweats, but time will tell. I've been depressed in general lately. HH was just one aspect that fell in my "Why me?" Bucket. It won't solve all my problems, but hoping now I can shift focus to other things.
So it's now 2.5 hours post surgery. I have post-op tomorrow. I will try and follow others footsteps and update.
I've actually been wanting the surgery since I first heard it was possible on a radio ad. I've had enough humiliation from sweaty hands to determine that surgery was for me. A PCP once told me to rub antiperspirant on my hands. He obviously had NO idea. Epic fail. I waited so long to get an insurance that would cover it. Then on and off uninsured. So I took the plunge and paid out of pocket. I'm in the US, so while expensive, I noticed not as bad as some other quotes I've seen.
So the first most embarrassing episode was 8th grade gym being forced to country dance hands held. I wanted to crawl under a rock. Dripping sweat and thank goodness that kid was a nice kid. He pretended it wasn't happening, though it was obviously gross.
Fast forward to this morning. I checked in. Paid the facility fee. Did a pregnancy test, weight, vitals checked, EKG, IV signed the last waivers, was given my wonderful drugs... And then I woke up. It wasn't so bad. I did have the chest discomfort and had to breathe shallow. I was coughing a little. I was a bit raspy. What bothered me the most was I was freezing and shaking from it. But then they gave me a pain med and all those symptoms virtually gone. I'm so relaxed right now. So 6-7am was prep and by 9:30am we were in the car on the way back to the room with my warm, pink dry hands. Such a novelty for me. I think I have those 'ghost' sensations of upcoming sweat, but it's not happening.
I had the Micro ETS. My lungs were not collapsed and ganglia are not removed. Just the nerve cut. Not sure how it's done else where, so mentioned. I know cutting a nerve sounds extreme to the squeamish. I'm squeamish myself. But I feel I went half my life like this and don't want to 'deal' with sweaty, drippy hands. I know I'll have compensatory sweat. I do hope for the least sweat, but I took my chances and chose I prefer to deal with that when it hits.
I am looking forward to having a normal grip. It's about more than shaking hands. I'd like to try yoga again, maybe martial arts, dancing lessons, maybe get a job (currently sahm), try at personal training, socialize more, ohhh and Id like to pick up a barbell with a firm grip. I was one of those people chalk didn't help. I had to wear grip pads, gloves, versas and take all the teasing. Because you know, gloves are for wimps... Also looking forward to not dropping stuff.
As of today, I'm very optimistic. I know I might get those butt sweats, but time will tell. I've been depressed in general lately. HH was just one aspect that fell in my "Why me?" Bucket. It won't solve all my problems, but hoping now I can shift focus to other things.
So it's now 2.5 hours post surgery. I have post-op tomorrow. I will try and follow others footsteps and update.