@tianh - I sent you an email.
@k8steroonis - I responded to your PM.
It's been almost 2 years now since my decision to have ETS and just wanted to check in and answer the questions I received as well. I am still very happy that I decided to have ETS. It has been a life changer for me and things are going really well in my life (confidence-wise) ever since. I've taken greater opportunities in my career and I'm just much more outgoing overall. In the past, I was always hesitant to go places for my fear of shaking hands. I have not visited this forum ever since, but I do remember how it was and can relate to a lot of people in here.
So other than the good things, I'll mention the annoyed things that are a result of ETS. I think in this thread I mentioned that my feet stopped sweating. It actually came back so my feet does still sweat. I don't really remember if it's the same or worse because I never really concentrated on my feet, just the palms.
The compensatory sweating I have is really annoying. I get it on hot days and I sweat on my back and stomach. It's not really noticeable however, until I go out clubbing and end up dancing really hard or something. Sometimes it'll start showing through my shirt as a result.
Another thing that was true that I heard before is the spicy food thing. I start really sweating (way much than before) when I eat spicy food. I start sweating from my head and sometimes it'll look like I just got done taking a shower Lol! This has not really bothered me though because a lot of other people sweat when eating spicy food, I just tell people I sweat more!
One thing that really got to me though is that it affected my athletic ability. However, I do remember Dr. Shrager mentioning this, that somehow it would affect my over-all heart-rate during exercise. So if you are an athlete, you should NOT have the ETS procedure. I used to be very athletic before, can run 3+ miles fine, etc. Now, I get very fatigued and start running out of breath when I run, play basketball, etc. It doesn't prevent me from doing them, it just seems that I was not able to perform strenuous activity at the capacity I did before I had ETS. However, I do still exercise and I recently completed the ToughMudder event that just passed in North Lake Tahoe.
So with that said, these are the things that I live with now as a result of ETS. But as I said, I am still happy overall that I got the procedure done and would not change my mind if I had the chance because the annoyances I can live with over having sweaty hands.
If anyone has any more questions, feel free to msg me. I'll keep posting from time to time.