Curious about AlaxoStent for palatal prolapse

[katbrat]

Hello! I've been reading about AlaxoStent on the forum and I'm wondering if you can get a prescription for it? If so, does Medicare cover it? I believe I have PP and am doing everything I can to prevent it. I sleep on my sides, never on my back, I use a cervical collar to keep my chin from falling forward which also solved my problem of having big clusters of apneas, I tape my mouth to keep the air from leaking out of it, I've used some pressure changes and it doesn't change anything in regard to PP, and I always try to position my head on the pillow in a way that stabilizes it for as long as possible during the night. That works for awhile but then inevitably it looks like the prolapse happens. I've worked at trying to solve it but there seems to be nothing more I can do. When first reading about AlaxoStent I wasn't inclined to even want to try it but I can't see sleeping like this for the rest of my life and I do not want any surgeries. So, I'm considering it. I started out in a sleep test with an AHI of 58.6 so I'm doing way better than that! But even though my AHI is usually pretty low I have a lot of unhealthy looking sleep. There is also a lot of what I suspect might be a partial prolapse. Would a full face mask make a difference? I haven't tried that. Here are some examples of what a lot of my sleep looks like a lot of the time every night:


   

   

   

[G. Szabo]

Indeed, you had a few PP periods during the night, providing that you are absolutely sure that your mouth was shut and you did not have mouth leaks.
I am unfamiliar with US health insurance, but it is not covered in Canada. There are a few threads on the site in which members from the US participated. You can try to send them a personal message so your request will not be missed.

[katbrat]

Yes, I'm certain there were no mouth leaks. Taped shut. Doesn't leak.