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Re: 2nd thoughts on surgery here any helpful succeses

Posted by Hman on September 19, 2002 at 19:20:29:

In Reply to: 2nd thoughts on surgery here any helpful succeses posted by PJ Gold on September 19, 2002 at 11:00:19:

Dear PJ:

I was diagnozed with only moderate sleep apnea. I had the same surgery as your doctor wants to perform in your throat. Beforehand, I was told that succesrate is about 60 % and that it is only effective in the case of light to moderate sleep apnea. The alternative was trying the CPAP pump. We decided to do the surgery becaused it seemed to be the better solution for the long term. In my case the surgery didn't cure the sleep apnea, it made it even worse. In your case with severe apnea surgery is probably even less likely to be effective.

Recovery time was about two weeks for me. It didn't affect the tone of my voice. I didn't experience problems with speeking after the general recovery from the surgery.

I would look into alternative treatments for sleep apnea, such as CPAP, BiPAP. You should certainly get a second opinion. From what I have learned about sleep apnea treatments, surgery should only be concidered in light to moderate cases, never with severe apnea.

Good luck,

Hman

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