I Have Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Will A Tonsillectomy Completely Improve My Quality Of Life?
Posted by: Alan in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, tags: Apnea., Completely, Have, Improve, Life, Obstructive, Quality, Sleep, Tonsillectomy, Will
I have always had trouble sleeping and continually waking up. Even if I sleep a full 8 hours on weekends I still wake up feeling groggy and with a headache. I feel tired and sluggish throughout the day, and usually feel too tired to work out or engage in much physical activity. This has been going on my whole life. I had a sleep study done and I have obstructive sleep apnea, so my body never gets into the very deep stages of restorative sleep. I tried a bipap machine and I can’t sleep with it on. Now I have a tonsillectomy and uvulectomy scheduled in a few months. Assuming that the surgery is successful and I can sleep well and deeply afterwards, how much will it effect my qualirty of life. Will I feel 100% better like a whole new person or will there likely just be moderate improvement? Can someone who has had this surgery let me know?
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November 21st, 2009 at 12:19 am
my moms husband has had 2 types of surgery and the sleep apnea has still not improved. He had his tonsils cut out and his throat widened. It was a painful surgery and did him no good.
I hear it can help some people, so I really hope it works out for you…but it didn’t work for him.
November 21st, 2009 at 2:51 am
Your physician should have answered all these questions.
Definitely, sleep apnea is dangerous, and hard on your body and organs….. If it were I, I would make another appt. before the scheduled surgery for the questions, but I’d opt for the surgery…
Sorry, I don’t have it, but know many people who do……
good luck to you.
November 21st, 2009 at 5:23 am
if you have the surgery and its truly obstructive apnea than you will feel like you have taken a hit of speed after a few night of deep sleep. i was told i had obstructive apnea lost mega amounts of weight still have it just as bad now they say its genetic. but using the machine has improved my life tremendously.