Going under the knife

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:02 am

HI everyone! Im having surgery next week Wednesday UPPP tonsils and "turbines" as well. Im a good canidate for it, hopefully it deems successful, if it doesnt then Im back to CPAP as any more surgeries would not be worth doing considering I can tolerate CPAP if neccessary so no invasive surgeries for me. Wish me luck.

CarrieS · Post by **CarrieS** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:10 am

Oh forgot to log in its me

BTW just some info taken into consideration:
my titration was 9 my APAP goes from 8 into the 10s sometimes
I dotn snore never ntoed my titration said a 1 on a 1-5 for snoring
Im not overweight
Afrin when used greatly drops my number of apneas (so Ill at the least see improvment)

Flying_Norseman · Post by **Flying_Norseman** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:43 pm

Good luck Carrie. Let us know how it goes. The doctors kept trying to get me under the knife too, but I opted for the CPAP instead. I know several people (my brother for one) who had the surgery and are glad they did. I am a bit squeamish about surgery so I became a hosehead.

jpolley · Post by **jpolley** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:28 pm

I went under the knife in April, and it is the best decision I have ever made. Prior to surgery, I was constantly battleing sinus infections all year round, headaches and I was always heavily congested...I hate to think how many bottles of nasal sparay I have gone through in my life.

My ENT corrected my deviated septum and shaved my turbinates. In his words "...You can drive a truck through there now..."

He refused to put me on CPAP until I had the surgery, and I am now glad he made that stand. I have only been on the CPAP since the end of July, but I can definitely tell the difference. I don't even want to imagine trying to use this thing without the surgery. My current pressure is an 8. I would imagine my pressure would be in double digits if I had not had it done.

Good luck with it. Let us know how it goes.

wabmorgan · Post by **wabmorgan** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:14 am

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

I had septo-rhinoplasty last year.

ENT had gotten approval for UPP but I decided not to go through with it.

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:26 am

[quote="jpolley"]I went under the knife in April, and it is the best decision I have ever made. Prior to surgery, I was constantly battleing sinus infections all year round, headaches and I was always heavily congested...I hate to think how many bottles of nasal sparay I have gone through in my life.

My ENT corrected my deviated septum and shaved my turbinates. In his words "...You can drive a truck through there now..."

He refused to put me on CPAP until I had the surgery, and I am now glad he made that stand. I have only been on the CPAP since the end of July, but I can definitely tell the difference. I don't even want to imagine trying to use this thing without the surgery. My current pressure is an 8. I would imagine my pressure would be in double digits if I had not had it done.

Good luck with it. Let us know how it goes.

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