I have been following this thread for a little over a year and have documented my journey so far. Like most of you I have been to countless doctors and finally ended up at Stanford Medical where I met the extraordinary
Dr. Damrose. He found out what was causing my click in my throat. After a CT scan he noticed my right side thyroid cartilage looked abnormal but there was no way of knowing unless they went in there. On July 7th I finally had the surgery to correct the clicking in my throat. After surgery he came in and told me that the thyroid cartilage was almost bent 90 degrees which was causing all the issues. He doesn't know how this might have happened. I could've been born with it, it could have been from past neck trauma I had as a teenager. The surgery lasted about 45 mins to an hour. After surgery I was discharged and was on my way home. Recovery was pretty simple just a little bit of a sore neck and sore throat. All the literature I have read, is that the only way to correct this problem is by surgery. My doctor was amazing he never pressured me to get the surgery, he said its up to me and whenever I was ready he would be glad to do it. The scar is a little bigger than I thought but they did such a great job you can't really see the scar anymore they hid it in one of my neck folds. Like most of you I had no pain associated with the click, just the constant annoyance. I was worried there would be long term complications form this surgery, but he said there is nothing to worry about in the coming future. He assured me the surgery is a very simple surgery and not very complex. I go back in May for my final follow up to make sure everything is healing right.