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Went to Stanford

Posted by Paul on February 09, 2004 at 08:08:42:

Well, I finally did it. I flew out from Chicago to Stanford to see Dr. P. and he was great, showed me the exact areas of obstruction that he felt were contributing to the apnea.

Turns out that he said my airway he would call "narrow" and recommended the UP3 (possibly with the "flap" instead of cutting it all out) as well as a GA. He did not feel the HA was necessary at this time.

My question to anyone who's undergone this procedure:

How bad is the GA compared to the pain with the UP3/tonsils or, "flap")?

Is it more numbness, or is there definite pain involved?

He said that I'm not a candidate for the MMA as of yet, although "there is plenty of room" should we need to go that route later (if phase 1 doesn't work.)

I'm so glad I went out there to visit him. The ENTs here in Chicago never even bothered to scope me, or to do a ceph. x-ray to find out the narrow airway.

Oh - one other question. My sleep study was very strange, and Dr. P. commented on that. According to the study, I had 21X on my sides and 83X on my back. But it gave a really odd statement: "Sleep architecture was unremarkable, with regards to the amounts and distribution of the various stages of sleep." Huh? How could I possibly have normal sleep architecture? Has anyone else had this observation?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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