Posted by Captin Cannuck on July 03, 2008 at 08:17:10:In Reply to: CPAP not working, will surgery? posted by mark123 on July 02, 2008 at 16:26:54:
Yes, I had a strange situation. Took a laser operation for social snoring. The laser did so much damage that I actually wound up with induced sleep apnea. I tried CPAP and was able to reduce the severity of the apnea symptoms, but still felt some discomfort. To be clear, last year before my MMA using CPAP was better than not using it. However, I was not fully comfortable. I took MMA. That widened my airway and undid some of the narrowing caused by the laser scars. I still need CPAP now, but I can clearly say that a big improvement has taken place.
I think that you would find that you will improve by widening your airway. Possibly you could get off of CPAP or possibly you will continue using CPAP with better results. There is a small chance (10%) that MMA will not work, but a high liklihood that it would (90%).
I say go for it, you have nothing to lose.