Jacpb. I had my STN done Aug 10th of this year. I can honestly say the surgery was not al that bad -long but not bad and the recovery times is minimal. How soon you could be back to work I would think not that long. My question would be how many STN's have been done by the surgeon and who follows up with you afterwards. This is important because the process of getting your setting right is sometimes long and tedious. I still haven't gotten my setting right. Just do your homework and look at all the aspects. As for insurance I was covered by Medicare and my husbands insurance picked p the result 'good luck. Marty Rose [log in to unmask]