06-01-2018, 04:40 PM
THANKS YOU _ YOU SAVED ME!!!
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU! I was scheduled to have UPPP surgery in a few days and you told me the opposite of what the doctor told me and told me to get a 2nd opinion. I live near Plattsburgh, NY and had to drive 1.5 hours to VT to get a 2nd opinion. I also had a 3rd doctor give his opinion during the same visit at UVM.
My doctor: I went back to him with my list of concerns from you folks and my own research. He said every issue was hog wash and nonsense, He told me I had really large tonsils, very large soft palette, deviated septum, large uvula, and GARANTEED 100% that I would no longer need a CPAP and I would no longer snore. This was YESTERDAY. He also convinced my both logically and by telling me I would die if I didn't have it done because the CPAP machine cannot be used when I'm 70+
Today I made the drive (it was not easy getting appointment a week before surgery). I learned that there are surgeons that get paid salary and others who get paid per surgery... I was immediately told NO WAY for surgery! He said they learned over 10 years ago that at most it would only allow a reduction in CPAP pressure and would be back or worst 1,2,3, or 4 years later. He said my tonsils were not large and in fact were SMALLER than normal!!! My Palette was not abnormal or interfering either. He did agree that I have a bad deviated septum and that my uvula was very large. He prescribed nasal spray to allow me to breath via my nose every night with the CPAP machine. If I lost 10 or 20 pounds the machine could be dialed down, but because I've had super loud snoring my whole life, I may have been born with sleep apnea and losing weight might no cure it, but every 10% would help lower the CPAP pressure. If the nasal spray does not work than I can have the deviated septum corrected and maybe the uvula trimmed down, but not removed.
He then asked another ENT doctor to stop in. He told him my sleep study stats and asked if any type of surgery would help and he said "absolutely not" He then went on to explain what the 1st doctor told me.
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!! NORTHERN NY PEOPLE - GET A SECOND OPINION IN VT instead of being talked and rushed into surgery by the only ENT left in this town.
I'm buying an SD card for my machine. I started wearing a CMS-50D+ and it wakes me up when my O2 gets low, so I purchase a more expensive unit that is designed for sleeping and has more details.
My doctor: I went back to him with my list of concerns from you folks and my own research. He said every issue was hog wash and nonsense, He told me I had really large tonsils, very large soft palette, deviated septum, large uvula, and GARANTEED 100% that I would no longer need a CPAP and I would no longer snore. This was YESTERDAY. He also convinced my both logically and by telling me I would die if I didn't have it done because the CPAP machine cannot be used when I'm 70+
Today I made the drive (it was not easy getting appointment a week before surgery). I learned that there are surgeons that get paid salary and others who get paid per surgery... I was immediately told NO WAY for surgery! He said they learned over 10 years ago that at most it would only allow a reduction in CPAP pressure and would be back or worst 1,2,3, or 4 years later. He said my tonsils were not large and in fact were SMALLER than normal!!! My Palette was not abnormal or interfering either. He did agree that I have a bad deviated septum and that my uvula was very large. He prescribed nasal spray to allow me to breath via my nose every night with the CPAP machine. If I lost 10 or 20 pounds the machine could be dialed down, but because I've had super loud snoring my whole life, I may have been born with sleep apnea and losing weight might no cure it, but every 10% would help lower the CPAP pressure. If the nasal spray does not work than I can have the deviated septum corrected and maybe the uvula trimmed down, but not removed.
He then asked another ENT doctor to stop in. He told him my sleep study stats and asked if any type of surgery would help and he said "absolutely not" He then went on to explain what the 1st doctor told me.
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!! NORTHERN NY PEOPLE - GET A SECOND OPINION IN VT instead of being talked and rushed into surgery by the only ENT left in this town.
I'm buying an SD card for my machine. I started wearing a CMS-50D+ and it wakes me up when my O2 gets low, so I purchase a more expensive unit that is designed for sleeping and has more details.
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