Camping is one of the reasons I elected to have surgery to get off the cpap permanently.

You could probably manage after a week. That's a long flight. Why not have it in the States?

newcpap~ I'll reply from the view point of success. Btw, I think your second point speaks to the direct relationship between obesity and apnea. Check out you tube videos on people who lose lots of weight. Their face and neck shrink greatly in size and many say the first place many lose weight is in ...

Pretty obvious to me why. I truly believe, in the majority of cases, obesity is the major contributing factor. APNEA is just one of the symptoms of obesity just like high BP, diabetes etc. Hogwash. There are plenty of thin apneacs, and darn few people who report that they cured their apnea by losin...

I agree with you KarD and that's why I posted my story. I'll add, you have to decide if CPAP is just not for you. If it's not, you have to tell your medical provider CPAP does NOT work for you under any circumstances, make up your own story, and FORCE your way to surgery. If you can access a dedicat...

I had basically had done what Brianin had tho no tongue base procedure but did have the deviated septum fixed. This was five years ago and the best thing I ever did. Sleep like a baby, dream wonderful dreams etc, etc. Two things, today a competent Dr. will do only do a partial uvula reduction, not r...

I had a septoplasty, turbinate reduction and cartiledge batten grafts put in my nasal walls three weeks ago. I sure wish I had found this thread right when I had it done. My recovery is pretty much as mentioned here. I still have some scabs etc and I think I'm at about 75-80% clear in my nostrils. I...