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re: cpap out surgery in
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I really wish it was that simple. I looked into this extensively and talked to my ENT about the surgery.
There can be many reasons anotomically why a person has sleep apnea. In my case I have a deviated septum and a thick (front to back) ulva. These surgeries are very, very painful and have to be done separetly. Believe me I did consider this alternative. However, I know two people that had the ulva removed totally and still have to sleep with a cpap. There is no guarantee that the surgery will work. I had sinus surgery a few years ago, which was very painful and it was all done orthoscopically, my ENT said sinus surgery was a walk in the park compared to the others. I know procedures change and are less invasive and some large research hospitals are using laser surgery to remove the outer layer of tonsils, with no recovery time, maybe a sore throat for a couple of hours. Throat surgery is very delicate and involves alot of bleeding, especially in the older patients.
Besides, if Obama's health care reform passes, I'll be to old for the surgery because of my age and it wouldn't be cost effective and medicare probably won't pay for my cpap either.