Hi Teresa yes I had robotic thymectomy and although it was quite painful for at least six weeks it was successful with little complications I was taking a medication for a while but now my pulmonologist says that he don't think I will have to worry about it coming back my chest has no feeling and itches a lot on the inside because the nerves we're disturbed the doctor said that my feeling should return soon and I take a nerve medication for that. He said that in my case it was better to remove it.