Yes, brain surgery is more invasive, but my understanding is that depending on your seizures' focal point, it can have higher success rates than the VNS implant. Either one is a big undertaking! Make sure your neurologist is also an epileptologist. If s/he isn't, get a referral to one who can help you determine if you're a good surgery candidate. If you are, the epileptologist needs to refer you to a good neuro-surgeon who can perform the surgery. I had a temporal lobectomy in 2014. Though it caused a major setback, I've been seizure-free for 15 months after living with refractory seizures for decades.

Idk jury still out. I feel like I've had enough surgeries for the whole world. Seeing as the first started when I was just two mo. old. Let you when this Corona Virus dies down a bit. Haven't been to Birmingham yet.

So are you going to go for it SkeeterDavis? I had the brain surgery done in 98 . It didn’t make me seizure , but it did reduce my seizure frequency.

RandySherman yes Andrea would be right, I'm hydrophobic also, & my Dr. thinks mine are coming from the frontal lobe also, & thinks I qualify for the same surgery.

Andrea your thinking of the brain surgery