Dr David Nielson Reviews

I started sweating horribly on my hands and feet when I was in 5th grade..they were ALWAYS wet and ALWAYS ice cold. I struggled with it through Junior High, and it was especially hard to deal with it in High School. I was always so embarrased to hold or shake anyones hand, I couldn’t wear cute sandals and shoes like the other girls, my papers in class always curled up..it was just a nightmare! I swear I would’ve done ANYTHING to rid myself of this disease. I tried everything and nothing worked. I had always wanted this surgery done but my parents simply couldn’t afford it. When I was 19 I got engaged to my husband . I wanted more than anything to be able to have dry, warm hands on my wedding for my husband to be able to hold my hand on that special day and not have to worry about anything. My mom and Dr. Nielson negotiated a price and I was able to get the ETS surgery done..9 days before my wedding! It honestly was one of the best days of my life. I could wear sandals freely, shake and hold peoples hands. It was so wonderful! Unfortunately, I was one of the rare cases and 3 years later my nerves regenerrated while I was 7 months pregnant with my son. I was SO upset about it but I was able to have the ETS surgery again...my insurance covered EVERYTHING! Don’t let that scare you though, Dr. Nielson told me that it is not common at all, but that I just happened to be one of them. Everything is going wonderful now and I am able to do the things I wasn’t able to do before. Dr Nielson and his staff are a GOD SEND and I am so thankful for everything they have ever done for me!! If you are suffering from this horrible condition and want to be free of it, this is the place to go! They will change your life for the better

I had ETS by Dr. Nielson for facial blushing and cold hands almost 7 years ago. Every now and then I think I should send you a note to say what a difference it has made in my life, but then I forget. I haven’t had to deal with these problems since my surgery and I hardly even think about it now. What a wonderful thing!? In really hot weather my back sweats and when I eat certain foods (not many..mostly very sweet desserts) I feel like part of my face is clammy—these side effects (I believe they began after the surgery) are just enough to remind me of what I had to deal with before surgery and make me appreciate how much easier my life is now. Thank you!

About one year ago my wife and I came to your office for the Micro ETS procedure. I had completed the research and made the decision to have the procedure, but all contacts were completed by phone, email, or by mail. We had never been to San Antonio…
After several months of research learning the “good and bad”, we took a leap of faith.
Today I can report that the procedure was very successful for the then sixty-nine year old patient. My facial and head problems have been completely corrected and it has certainly relieved me of embarrassing situations and permits us to participate in many new activities and make new friends.
I have no side effects worth mentioning. I think there is some compensatory sweating if the surrounding temperatures are high, but seldom is this a problem that cannot be easily handled. This note is just to say thanks to Dr. Nielson and his professional and compassionate staff for the way I was treated, the skill exhibited in the procedure, the courage to recommend this treatment to even someone my age (knowing it might not work to the satisfaction of 100% of your patients), for pointing out the risks and possible side effects…and then leaving the decision to my wife and myself. Were we a little anxious? Yes. Would we do it again? Yes. Would we recommend Dr. Nielson and his staff? Without question. Thanks more than I can say. You have blessed our “golden years”

I am so glad I had this done (Micro ETS). I am a totally different person. Now I have confidence. I actually want to go up and shake people's hands.
Dr. Nielson thank you so much.

Some things are a given. We live with them, and we go on.
I have always had cold hands. It is never occurred to me that it was a disease or that it had a name or that it could be corrected. It was a given.
But about nine months ago I developed carpal tunnel syndrome and found a marvelous hand doctor who prescribed wrist restraints, limited hand usage, and a medication which resulted in warm, pink hands and feet. My wrists corrected themselves but as a side effect to the medication, my hair began to fall out. We stopped the medication, and my hands and feet returned to their cold blue and white state.
About 2 months ago my hands, especially the right, began to weaken. I returned to the wrist restraints, but felt that carpal tunnel was not the problem because my wrists felt fine. My hands were so cold that when I walked inside on my treadmill I wore gloves. My fingers were numb, I could not close my right hand, spasms would shoot from my middle and ring fingers up my arm to my armpit when I tried to write a check, hold a fork or a newspaper. Cutting my food was nearly impossible. It was painful to push a grocery cart. Hooking my bra was excruciating. I would awake several times during the night my hands severely numb and in pain. My fingers were so numb that I could not feel a hair brush, a mascara wand, my own face! Something must be done.
On a Wednesday I made an appointment with my hand doctor who told me to call Dr. Nielson's office to schedule micro endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for my Raynaud's' Disease. I phoned his office the next day, Thursday, setting up the surgery for the following day, Friday. I did not have surgery for any other reason than that I was in pain and had been in worsening pain for as long as I could bear. I awoke from surgery with right and left middle finger temperatures already risen from 30.0 & 23.0 degrees centigrade respectively to 36.0 & 31.0. I can close my hands. They are not numb. There are no spasms. I can feel. And they are pink and warm, a bonus I had not expected to be so marvelous. I have had not pain from the surgery. My bottle of post surgery pain pills has gone unopened. The tiny incisions are only tender when touched, and the slight bruising has all but disappeared in the ten days since my surgery.
My right hand still has a little tingling in the middle and ring fingers, and I return to my hand doctor for nerve testing and reevaluation tomorrow. But I can brush my teeth. I can zip my pants. I can hold the newspaper. All this without pain. I have feeling in my fingers. I can feel the things I touch. I can tell when water is hot or cold. I can feel my own face. And I can feel my husband's face also. I have had a lot of blessings in my life but none any greater than the results of the endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy. “How caring the staff was to realize my distress and arrange the surgery

Dr. David H. Nielson did an amazing job helping me cure my hyperhidrosis problem. I had tried just about every kind of treatment out there and then I found Dr. Nielson's Micro ETS procedure. I have a whole new outlook on life and I am not nervous about meeting people and shaking their hands.