Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by kelly loves animals: tonsillectomy and surgery for sleep apnea had some questions please i am 40 and had this done anyone else?
i am a 40 year old female who has suffured with sleep apnea for about 10 years or so had sore throats always had nasal problems so on the 5th of Dec I had surgery , there was 4 things operated on my tonsils removed and adnoids, my tongue shaved in the back to breathe better and some procedure done on my roof of my mouth, as with the apnea I was pretty miserable waking up gasping, feeling i was having a heart attack, had my blood pressure riseing up all the time till it reached 223 over 123 so i thought well surgery was my best option, i have heard there are alot of drawbacks but had no idea the mess I got myself in too totally miserable! The first day i woke up with a pain in my throat that was not going to go away noway, nohow,went home after several hours and couldnt breathe my throat felt like it was cutting off my airway it was so swelled up, i had a clicking noise under the back of my nose every breath, stayed up alnight 3 nights now i am dehydrated scabs are choking me please

Best answer:

Answer by Keely
Have you tried using a CPAP? It keeps your airways from getting clogged by using positive air pressure.

http://www.webmd.com/hw/sleep_disorders/hw48752.asp

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