Hello Steve
I'm glad to hear surgery has helped you be painfree..I can understand how you can become anxious about the pain coming back.For Atypical Odontalgia surgery isnt recommended..Just medications.. I took Amitriptyline for about 9 months and I stopped taking it and the pain was gone...I too was scared the pain would come back..Just a month or so ago I got a bad cold and ear ache..And my pain came back..So Im dealing with it again...But It isnt unbearable so far...I hope you are still doing well....