Food for Thought! -- Alternatives do exist

To All,
I've been on CPAP almost a year, then I went for the following:
1. The Pillar Implants
2. A Nasal somnoplasty
3. A Dental device

Since I still had a bad case of snoring I went for a dental device called Silent Nite. Now I don't snore, and I've been of CPAP for almost three months.

A bad day with my dental device is better than my best day with CPAP

Monday I have a sleep study to determine if I've been successful in efforts to treat apnea without invasive surgery. I will share the results because I think there is just too little info out there, and for some reason the medical community isn't terribly interested in hearing about or offering these kinds of combination treatments of apnea.

While I hate going for sleep studies, (this is my third), I do look foward to having objective data to share with everyone.

From a subjective point of view, no matter what they tell me at the clinic, I'm not going back on CPAP, because I feel so much better without it.

It doesn't take me 1-2hours to fall asleep, it takes me 20 minutes or less. Rather than wake up every two hours or less, I can sleep 5 hours. No mask leaks to deal with and my all time favorite rain out, and the best part of all I my energy level is the highest it's been in years. I've been doing things around the house, like painting, and I have enough energy to excerise and lose weight.

I feel like I've got my life back and I hope everyone with apnea finds the treatment for them to accomplish this.
Rick

Plese do llet us know the results of your sleep study. There is more to this than just the apnea, although that in itself is bad enough.

And so very glad that you have found something that increases your energy! What a great feeling! I remember having that feeling, once or twice... think it was in 1984? JK!


- JB

Can I have your Lunesta since you don't need it any more?

:twis ted:

To clear confusion, it appears as if Meister (who is not Rick) posted or re-posted the above account on Rick's behalf.

So is this a valid post ????

Or is it an ad for some alternative therapy (Similar to weight-loss testimonials)

and they both heavily promote the Dental Device alternative!!!

So meister is advertising on this forum? If so, you should be ashamed

Rick is a real poster who uses a dental device to treat apnea. He is not advertising a product, merely discussing his apnea treatment.

I also tried CPAP with no success. I am now trying a TAP dental device.

Yes, you can have them. What am I going to do with my
90 day supplies of these now that the Dental Device is
working so well? Hmmm... I think some Federal Law will
be broken if I ship them to you, so I will put them out on
my back porch, and you come by and "steal" them. Then
I will sleep better at night! LOL

By the way, Texan, these are a dead giveaway for your identity.