First off welcome. You will find so many people here that have warming hearts that will offer great advice to you. On days you need to vent feel free, you can never complain to much. We all live it everyday and know what you go through. Please feel welcome.

Secondly, No I haven't. All of my surgeries caused hell. I had my wisdom teeth out about 2 months ago and I am still feeling horrible pain from it. I had an abcess grow on my gum too so had to have surgery again to take that out. Best of luck, and make sure that you get a full nerve block before you do any type of surgery to try to prevent a flare, and have plenty of STRONG narcotics for after the surgery. Vicodin and that stuff wont cut it. You might need diladid and fetanyl like I did. Best of luck.

Hannah