Septoplasty & Turbinate surgery recovery

Uncle_Bob wrote:

SleepyMary21 wrote:

Uncle_Bob wrote:So on my first night i slept over 4 hours with my Quatrro on, I slept elevated by a stack on pillows even though my nose was not bleeding much. I really enjoyed the warm air (humidifier set to 4 & repti cable for heat) and i think that helped so much comfort wise.

Here you state that you use your Quatro mask to sleep, but listed on your profile you use the Mirage Swift LT Nasal Pillow CPAP Mask with Headgear.

At what point in your recovery did you switch to the other mask?

My other question is: Since you did the sleep study again after surgery, was there a change in the amount of air pressure in your prescription. Lets say for the sake of argument that your cpap machine is set at 13, did you lower yours any like to 12 or 11.

By the way, I have have my deviated septum surgery March 4th. This post has relieved a lot of my anxiety.
So I have a big thank you for your honesty about your surgery and recovery.

After surgery i had splints up my nose, it was not possible to nose breath very well so i could not use my Swift Lt nasal mask. I think I slept the first night with my Quattro on because i was still on the strong pain killers. I slept a couple of nights without the Quattro when my face was a bit too sore, this was when i was transitioning from the strong pain meds back to regular Tylenol. Those strong pain meds made me feel nauseous. I had my splints out 7 days after surgery and immediately started using the Swift LT again.
I have not had another sleep study done yet, I asked if it would be required and my sleep doc said only if there were any additional problems.
On the number side things are weird and i think that is down to the healing process. The nares do swell up again once the splints are removed so you get the feeling of being congested again for a fews days, nasal decongestant will not help this. Also there is the fairly unpleasant process of scar tissue and stuff that needs to come out through gentle nose blowing.

So three weeks after surgery and I've noticed my AHI is better, although hardly consistent, but this may be down to my sleep hygiene.
What has surprised me most is that my pressure is trending up, I'm was set to 7cm to 10cm prior and my average was 7-8cm. Now I'm at 7cm to 12cm. Last night i averaged 10.8cm with AHI of 4.7 and AI of 0.1.

What remains the same is that i get 80% of my HI's in the second half of my sleep and any AIs seem to be between 1-2 hours before i wake.

But i still healing, I will follow up with the ENT in another 2-3 weeks for a check up. Once given the all clear I'm going to change sleep doctor and work with a new sleep center and doctor. At this point it looks as if i may get another titration and/or a split study.

Good luck with your surgery. Mine was not typical in that i had a bad reaction to the drugs they used to put me under.