Jun
06
2010
anyone else have a significant other with sleep apnea who had the surgery?
Posted by: Alan in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, tags: Anyone, Apnea., Else, significant, Sleep, Surgery
how did it work? anything you can let me know about it. i tried posting this in health conditions but no answer. i figure alot of people break up because of this condition so let me know if it works.
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June 6th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Have a sleep test done to confirm the apnea. If confirmed, they can wear the CPAC mask and resolve the whole issue. No surgery needed. I knew one fellow that had the surgery, and it didn’t work. Even though he could hardly drink water for a week, and ended up back in the hospital.
June 6th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
My husband has sleep apnea. He didn’t have surgery, He uses a C-Pac machine. It works wonders, he loves it.
Has your husband had a sleep study done? I would do this before surgery.
June 6th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
I have apnea and use the cpap. I hate it but the surgeon freaked me out and wanted to cut this and that and basically give me a nose job lol. The cpap’s work well as long as you don’t mind sleeping next to Darth Vader!
June 6th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
My husband has sleep apnea and he sleeps in the garage. No, not really…but I wish. LOL…he needs the cpap or surgery BADLY!!!
June 6th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
I was diagnosed with sleep apnea several years ago. I tried the C-PAP for about six months and hated it. It’s like sleeping with your face attached to a vacuum cleaner set in reverse so that it blows instead of sucks. My ENT told me I only had a 50/50 chance of the surgery curing the condition, but I went ahead and took the chance. In February 2006 he removed my tonsils, adenoids and uvula (that little hangy down thing in the back of your mouth). Recovery was a b__ch for about a week, but now my wife says I only snore if I have a cold or if I’ve been drinking too much, but still never as bad as before. My ENT says I still have the condition, its just much better now. I wake up much more rested than before also. All-in-all I’m glad I did it.
June 6th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
A friend of mine has sleep apnea; he had a surgery, and he now uses a CPAP machine at night; it helped a ton.
I suspect my husband has sleep apnea, as he snores a lot, but it’s a beotch to get him to go to the doctor. I can’t imagine breaking up over it, we simply sleep in different rooms.