My experience has noted skinny people with something abnormally large in there upper airway and very mild OSA as having the most success. I have seen a couple of true (no CPAP needed) success stories in ten years. [/quote]
I am about normal weight - 185 lbs and 5' 9". My Dr. said, in most cases, he does not do this surgery on those that are way overweight. If the apnea results from too much weight in the neck causing airway collapse then surgery is not the answer. CPAP + weight loss is the way to go.
I wish I could have avoided surgery. If I could have slept through the night with CPAP/APAP, I would not have gone the surgery route. But almost 5 years of trying was enough for me.
This site has helped me immensely. Without this site I would not have have achieved the modest level of success I did have with CPAP therapy. I will keep my APAP and CPAP for backup ---but so far so good for me.... I'll post from time to time to let you know how I'm doing.rested gal wrote:Thomas F., I sincerely hope your results will last. Do hope you'll keep coming back here periodically to let us know how it's going for you. The additional (additional to UPPP) procedure to move the base of the tongue may make your recent combo-of-procedures surgery take care of things for a long time. Hope so. You're smart to continue monitoring your sleep with a pulse-oxi.