I also had an ETS that ruined my life. At my consult I asked for t2 and t3 because I had sweating not only on palms but armpits and groin and feet. I had done research and decided with possible complication that my hands were most important to me. The surgeons removed t2 thru t5 on both sides! I had an effusion and pneumothorax and woke with a collapsed left lung. I had a liter and a half of blood drained from my left chest cavity. I tried to sue in 2005 because I felt they battered me by taking the extra 3 ganglion. I was told it didn’t matter, they were doctors and I wasn’t. They cauterized veins to stop bleeds they created and put 6 titanium clips in the left side for some reason. When I court ordered all the documents, I could see that the surgery for both sides =1.2 million!!!! They only reason listed was ” Performed a surgery unrelated to the principal diagnosis”......20 years later, I have extreme sweating, loss of hormone production, chronic fatigue, constant pain. Amongst a slew of other related autonomic anomalies.
Sorry to hear about your experience. Similarly, in my experience, people just trust the judgement of the doctors, who are the ones making money on sympathectomies, of course. What do you mean the surgery for both sides =1.2 million?
I spend days with less than two hours up from a laying down position. The fatigue is overwhelming. Some people get sympathectomies performed as early as age 14.
I also had an ETS that ruined my life. At my consult I asked for t2 and t3 because I had sweating not only on palms but armpits and groin and feet. I had done research and decided with possible complication that my hands were most important to me. The surgeons removed t2 thru t5 on both sides! I had an effusion and pneumothorax and woke with a collapsed left lung. I had a liter and a half of blood drained from my left chest cavity. I tried to sue in 2005 because I felt they battered me by taking the extra 3 ganglion. I was told it didn’t matter, they were doctors and I wasn’t. They cauterized veins to stop bleeds they created and put 6 titanium clips in the left side for some reason. When I court ordered all the documents, I could see that the surgery for both sides =1.2 million!!!! They only reason listed was ” Performed a surgery unrelated to the principal diagnosis”......20 years later, I have extreme sweating, loss of hormone production, chronic fatigue, constant pain. Amongst a slew of other related autonomic anomalies.
Sorry to hear about your experience. Similarly, in my experience, people just trust the judgement of the doctors, who are the ones making money on sympathectomies, of course. What do you mean the surgery for both sides =1.2 million?
I spend days with less than two hours up from a laying down position. The fatigue is overwhelming. Some people get sympathectomies performed as early as age 14.