You've Got To Feel Sorry For Him . .

[Richard]

According to BBC News, Ed Milliband’s recent operation for OSA and correcting his deviating septum, has been unsuccessful.

In fact, the British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association go as far as saying that surgery is seldom the answer in producing a cure. According to a survey of 2,000 people whose OSA had been treated by surgery, 80% of respondents claimed it had not worked; and of those, 10% actually said their condition had been made worse.

How many times have OSAers reported here that they wished they had never gone ahead with surgery? Like the implants that James has mentioned, surgery is irreversible and should only be a final resort when everything else has failed.

OK, I can understand that for a relatively middling case of OSA, CPAP Therapy is perhaps verging on ‘sledge-hammer to crack a walnut’ type of treatment, but even so, if there comes a time when your OSA is so much improved that you can do without the CPAP, then, do without it. But to go through an irreversible surgical procedure for no benefit? Not for me, thanks.

Richard

[Sparticus]

I feel so sorry for the man hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahah


As usual they dont bloody listen

[symmit]

My opinion is unchanged, I can't understand why when CPAP is effective and cheap (after all the NHS aren't big on follow up!) that so many people go for surgery.

Yes it's inconvenient, and takes some getting used to, but it's simple, drug free, has minimal serious side effects, and if it doesn't work there's nothign lost.

[Isklaz]

It would have been good if he had made use of his public position to encourage people to learn about the condition and make it clear that its not purely a "fat man" condition (even though I am a fat man!).

My life has been immeasurably improved by being diagnosed and treated but it wouldn't have happened apart from a friends partner recognised my snoring as being like her 1st husband and told me to get checked out.

[martin]

I had my nostrils reamed out about 15 years ago, highly unpleasant, very inneffective, and an night of snoring with two plastic tubes (the fingers of latex gloves) packed with cotton wool lives on in my nightmares. No mention of any alternatives at the time. It was suggested to me at the time that it would cure snoring and also cattarh building up in my throat/stomach during the night. They fibbed.

[jackyk]

I had my nostrils reamed out about 15 years ago, highly unpleasant, very inneffective, and an night of snoring with two plastic tubes (the fingers of latex gloves) packed with cotton wool lives on in my nightmares. No mention of any alternatives at the time. It was suggested to me at the time that it would cure snoring and also cattarh building up in my throat/stomach during the night. They fibbed.

sounds barbaric, i will stick with my machine ty

[dravidio]

I feel so sorry for the man hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahah


As usual they dont bloody listen

Well not much sympathy for Mr Milliband. Who are "they" and who are they not listening to? So he deserves scorn for being a politician who has had an unsuccessful operation? Really. What a stupid comment!

[Sparticus]

Well not much sympathy for Mr Milliband. Who are "they" and who are they not listening to? So he deserves scorn for being a politician who has had an unsuccessful operation? Really. What a stupid comment!

Typical statement, the list grows