I have had all of my cats declawed. I know what a horrible person I am. But when you have 4 of them, who refuse to go outside, even with all of the doors open, and they are tearing up the furniture, and you have tried all of the other options. I felt that there was not another option. This was a decision that did not come very easily.
It didn't seem to bother them, after they came home all of them except one, was doing their "Norm", but Satan, had an allergic reaction to the glue, and became very sick. They had to go in and dig all of the glue out and let his paws heal naturally.
The newest addition, Georgie, he doesn't use his front claws very much, when he grabs things, he just wraps his paws around, but doesn't stick his claws out. I am not sure if I will have this done to him, but if my husband has his way, it will be done sometime soon. But I was told they could do it with laser, I don't know if this would be any easier on them.