Thanks, suev and 4-eyes. Oh my gosh, certainly no offense taken. I greatly appreciate the input. I guess it makes sense to look into the ion channel stuff. I think I was assuming that the testing would be inconclusive, even if they caught me during an episode.

I didn't realize that transcervical and robotic were different. I'm pretty sure my neuro said that the surgeon in the area does them robotically. So, that's good.

My neurologist leaves all the decisions up to me. He runs down the list and tells me the pros and cons. Actually, he tells me the cons. So the decision always seems to be just leaving things as they are. Which isn't necessarily the wrong decision...

Anyway, thank you both. I will keep thinking. Maybe I'll ask my neuro to either investigate the ion channelopathy idea or refer me to someone who will. When I was undiagnosed, he sent me to a different neuro in Boston, who diagnosed me, so we've done this before.

Abby