Hi Celeste;I really think you should explore further, before surgery. I think, with all surgery comes scar tissue, eventually. Can you ask your doctor to examine your vocal cords to get a correct diagnosis?; you should do this. I also have ABSD and I am looking for miracles, anything to cure my voice condition, but surgery is very risky, especially on the vocal cords, this is just my opion. If there were a good chance surgery would work for me, I would do it for sure, but for SD, whether AB, or AD, I would more than twice think it. Just get the correct diagnosis, for sure. That takes looking at your vocal cords and speech testing. Plus, I had to have neurological testing, MRI, EMG, and before that, speech pathologist, before that my first diagnosis from the first ENT. After the neurologist, I went to another ENT who was experienced in SD. All of them said the same thing, but I had to be sure.
Take care,
Kim/AB
