Hi all,
I am new but not new to this site. I have been hanging around here and there reading and learning.
Anyway, Friday night I finally had my sleep test done and I went this morning for the results. The doc said that my AHI was 30 and when they put me on the CPAP with a pressure of 5, it went down to a 1. At first when he was sitting there going over everything, he mentioned surgery again. Friday when I went, they took a look at my throat and all, and said my uvala? was a little long, and my tonsils were a little big for my age since they were never removed. So I was worried that he may want to do that first, but luckily he recommended a CPAP machine. Now I have to call some DME's and see which one is better.
Test results
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Glad to hear you responded so well to CPAP during your sleep studies! Good idea to start your DME shopping. You've contacted your insurance and know which local DME suppliers they are contracted with?? If not be sure to do so. You should be pretty well up on things since you've been browsing the forum for a while.
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an AHI of 30 or more is considered severe OSA. A more important indicator is how low your oxygen levels dropped.
But if those results were being read from a ENT wanting to whack off your Uvula, I'd want to see the actual sleep study results first, a copy of everything that came from the sleep lab.
What that Uvula off you and you can kiss eating Peanut Butter sandwiches goodbye or food backing up into your nasal passages, with its removal it is also possible that you won't be able to ever stop mouth breathing if it turns out you still need cpap.
An ENT that wants to whack off your Uvula to cure OSA is a quack. Do a Google search on "Uvula removal cures OSA" or "Uvula removal results in lower AHI" and see how many responses you get.
Removing your Uvula may reduce you AHI from 30 to 29, but you can have another study without doing anything and get that, an ENT would see that drop by 1 AHI as a success and include it in their 40-50% success category. You are still left with moderate to severe OSA but in their eyes it was a successful surgery.
But if those results were being read from a ENT wanting to whack off your Uvula, I'd want to see the actual sleep study results first, a copy of everything that came from the sleep lab.
What that Uvula off you and you can kiss eating Peanut Butter sandwiches goodbye or food backing up into your nasal passages, with its removal it is also possible that you won't be able to ever stop mouth breathing if it turns out you still need cpap.
An ENT that wants to whack off your Uvula to cure OSA is a quack. Do a Google search on "Uvula removal cures OSA" or "Uvula removal results in lower AHI" and see how many responses you get.
Removing your Uvula may reduce you AHI from 30 to 29, but you can have another study without doing anything and get that, an ENT would see that drop by 1 AHI as a success and include it in their 40-50% success category. You are still left with moderate to severe OSA but in their eyes it was a successful surgery.
someday science will catch up to what I'm saying...
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