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Did you felt better after an septoplasty and turbinate reduction?
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Did you felt better after an septoplasty and turbinate reduction?
Hello all, 

Have an septoplasty and turbinate reduction scheduled for January, especially to correct the turbinates.
I had this booked since I had trouble breathing (side sleeping) and was feeling very tired ,with a low ahi.

However I swapt to an wedge pillow (sleeping on my back), and I feel an improvement in breathing, lower leaks and a small improvement in how I feel. This is also how I used to sleep, and the position with the highest ahi in the sleep study.

I initially had an ahi of 25 with only 3 RERAs.

Should I expect to feel better after the surgery? It is even worth it to do it, now that I breathe better in this position?

I also can't sleep through the night. I get up at 4 am, and then I get small awakenings after that.

Thank you for any feedback
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#2
RE: Did you felt better after an septoplasty and turbinate reduction?
Have you first tried using Fluticasone Propionate ( Flonase) in the evening and sticking with that routine for a couple weeks? If not , you should. You may find out like I did you can manage the blockage and open up the sinus so your cpap therapy can work.

I went to an ENT for the same purpose as you. He first injected my turbinates with Kenalog ( I think that is what it was). To see if the turbinates could be shrunk a little. It worked great for about 2 months. He also instructed me to use the Fluticasone Propionate spray durning the evening. I have managed to keep my nasal passages pretty clear most nights and now pretty happy I didn’t have to have and surgeries. Sometimes before bed if the pollen is bad I will use the saline rinse that you clear the nasal passages with before the Flonase. For me it was just figuring out the little tricks that work.
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RE: Did you felt better after an septoplasty and turbinate reduction?
Forgot to mention, I use a nasal spray, other brand 

I'm getting doubts because i seem to breathe better sleeping on the wedge, the ahi still low and I dont feel normal

I also do frequent blood work, and nothing explains this

Considering postponing the surgery to get another sleep study done, this time with the CPAP machine
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RE: Did you felt better after an septoplasty and turbinate reduction?
Are your nasal passages swollen so you can’t breathe through your nose?

Flonase is a steroid. All nasal spray’s aren’t the same. What spray do you use?
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RE: Did you felt better after an septoplasty and turbinate reduction?
They don't feel swollen since I started to use a wedge pillow, since I breath better

The spray is Dymista (steroid + allergy spray)

Used one before, only steroid.

But the thing is that I don't feel with problems to breathe now, even though the quality of sleep is not much better
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RE: Did you felt better after an septoplasty and turbinate reduction?
Yea it can be a challenge getting all the sleep hygiene right . So many things play a part especially as we age. Exercise is a big plus for me along with quitting drinking anything about 3 hrs before bed time.
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