Congrats and good for you! I've just finished a round of two procedures including a nasty septoplasty and an even worse tonsillectomy/ somnoplasty nightmare. (4 trips to the ER with every known complication.) But, my apnea is better too. It is incredible! I've been off the machine since Oct 3 and fe...

Kathy--Thank you for the encouragement. A challenge is an understatement for this. I seem to be feeling "better" daily. It is like once again my engines are coming on. It is difficult but exhilarating as well. My old self seems to still be in here. People who have never suffered from apnea have diff...

Hi All, I haven't posted after my septoplasty-from-hell experience. Since I liked that so much, I went in an had tonsils and a somnoplasty tongue and tissue reduction on Oct 3. That surgery went just about like the first, but I think I am now IMPROVED. I haven't used the "snorkel" since my last surg...

It's 4:00 AM on day 7 post surgery, and I was awakened by the need to feed my nose drugs. My mask time has been on and off, and tonight is one of the off nights. I yanked it about an hour into it. There is still considerable residual congestion, which is interferring with the CPAP. I have the full-f...

I wanted to go on CPAP therapy; I'd been feeling so terrible for so long, anything sounded good. The greatest problem was that CPAP didn't work as advertised. After months of messin with it, the surgeons started looking more likely. I am prepped to stay on CPAP forever. I am hoping that surgery will...

These types of things seem to happen to me with med types for some reason. The upside is that I now have a huge stash of powerful narcotics. Dunno why I would use them, but they are there. I also got the skinny from the surgical nurse. Apparently they took my nose apart like Humpty-Dumpty and did it...

Well, I saw another ENT at Big Med Clinic Clinic covering for mine who ran for vacation right after my procedure. (Another lesson: Don't get surgery from a guy going on vacation the next day...they never said anything about that either.) The pain in my nose is probably caused by something not rare o...

Hmmm, you had sleep apnea and had to go to the hospital as a result.... I'm contacting my insurance co and asking them why the location was changed at the late date. This septoplasty is the first in several surgeries designed to cure my apnea. What a start! Maybe I'll keep the apnea instead... What ...

Hi All: I had my septoplasty last Thursday Aug 24. The ENT said my nose was one of the worst obstructed he’d seen. This sounds odd to me, but tell me what you think I should do next. The procedure was to be performed at Local Community Hospital, which I had agreed to during prior visits. On late Aug...

I've been the same way. I think it's referenced as the "fog." Long term sleep deprivation is a tough thing to recover from. I've been on CPAP in assorted configs and haven't felt much difference for almost 6 months. I am getting only 5 hrs snorkel time a night with maybe a nap, but I am feeling bett...

Howdy all: I posted last week that my OSA is heading to the knife. I decided to have the nose obstruction repaired, some minor throat work (NO UPPP, Shudder) tonsils, RW tongue redaction, etc. I've seen down my own throat, and surgery is a compelling treatment in my case, especially with the severit...

I will check-em-out ASAP. I'll try a tongue-sucker. NP. One of my Quacks gave me good sleepin mickies, and it won't bother me much. (I think) I've gotten used to the infernal CPAP mask, so there isn't much I can't deal with. My apnea is not an annoyance; its been devastating, so I am quite motivated...

Can you post some more info on yours? That is a consideration too, especially short-term. I've seen some that work on the tongue with a suction action to hold it forward. My dad passed away at age 56. I suspect that the same thing killed him. Our jaw structure is the same. Thx! Joe I agree with avoi...

Kathy, I am still an "active" sleeper meaning that I move around frequently. I no longer accidentally smack my wife or steal her pillows. One of the residual sympoms of my childhood illness is joint damage. I am constantly in a state of pain. So I attributed my movement to that. My case is so unique...

Thanks a million for all the good info. There's no way I'm going to have the UPPP done. I saw what after looks like, and the machine is better than that. I dislike things that can't be reversed. Shrinking the tissue sounds about as radical as I'm willing to go, and that is in multiple stages. I have...