So happy to hear your news. I'm 2 and a half weeks into recovery after a MVD. Here's hoping I'm still pain free once I'm off the meds. It will take me 2 months to taper off.

I had an MRA before the surgery, mostly to rule out any other cause of the pain. The imaging showed two compressions (though a previous one years ago had not shown any). It was nice going in knowing there were some there. My neurologist told me the other day that I had both a vein and an artery pressing on the nerve. He thinks I made the right choice to have the surgery. None of the other options seemed reasonable for me at this point.

Jean