operation advice

[guy1home]

hi all

I have been on cpap for the last 6 months and on the whole have no problems with it, but the docs have recomended i have my tonsils and some of my soft palet removed plus an op on my nose. they say i will still have to use cpap but may be able to reduce the pressure. what I would like to know is has anybody else had this operation.

[minouche]

same op

hi all

I have been on cpap for the last 6 months and on the whole have no problems with it, but the docs have recomended i have my tonsils and some of my soft palet removed plus an op on my nose. they say i will still have to use cpap but may be able to reduce the pressure. what I would like to know is has anybody else had this operation.

I too have been wearing a CPAP since 2007 with the usual nuisances but with sleep/fatigue improvements. Now an ENT consultant has discovered nose & throat inflamation. He suggests it may be caused by the CPAP & in order to discard the machine wants me to have the UVPP op removing tonsils & other dangly bits. The feed back to my asking around are horror stories about the op, recovery & even not being able to use the CPAP after should the op fail.
I have to give my decision tomorow!

[James @ Intus]

If it's 'just' inflammation he's worried about, read about the SinuPulse sinus irrigation unit. As the European importers/distributors, I can relay many stories where people were able to cancel ENT related operations because they didn't need them any more.

Some with an APAP who also practise daily sinus irrigation with this unit have also found their average pressure to slightly reduce. So there's a good chance you can achieve the same results without loosing your 'bits'.

Here's our info in a CPAP context:

http://www.eu-pap.co.uk/sinupulse-elite.html

Here with many 5 star reviews on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SinuPulse-Elite-Advanced-Irrigation-System/dp/B001CWT4JI/

Note that you absolutely have to have bought one through Amazon before you can even leave a review. Another 5 star review added today I see just now. On Amazon.com even more great testimonials.

Also, if you don't have a humidifier, it is well reported that unhumidified CPAP can inflame the nasal passages. F&P have done a lot of research in this field:

http://fphcare.com/osa/osa-resource-library/osa-clinical-summaries.html

I remember some publication where they looked at the nasal linings of two deceased people whoj both used CPAP. One with and without humidification. The one without had a big coating of dead cells along the nasal passages.

So humidification plus saline (salt water) rinsing tends to fix inflammation promptly. If not, you can then consider the operation!