The Pillar Procedure

[quote="Titrator"]Hi All,

After 6 years on the hose, with 100% compliance, I finally saw a really good ENT. He looked into my throat and saw a few things that needed to be corrected. My tonsils are very large. My uvula is long, and my soft palate is loose. He also noticed that my turbinates are smaller than he would like to see them. He asked me if I breathe through my mouth during the day while awake... I said yes, and he said... "I thought so".

Looks like I am moving toward having surgery. He thinks that there is an 85% chance of being able to get off cpap, but he mentioned seven days of the worst sore throat that I could imagine. I am not thrilled about that part, but I would like to improve my situation.

I have a baseline sleep study on Wednesday to see just how bad my apnea is after 120lb of weight loss.

Anyone want to share sucess or horror stories?

Thanks,

Ted the Titrator

Snoredog wrote:Fact is I don't see anyone saying you cannot discuss other topics here

Funny thing...I don't either....now.
I'm glad to see this instead:

"Last edited by Snoredog on Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:57 pm; edited 3 times in total"

Could'a sworn I saw a dog's tail disappearing around a corner.

rooster wrote:Ted may be in big trouble with the site administrator for writing about non-cpap solutions.

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Good one, rooster!