CPAP - Sleep Apnoea

[Turkish Delight]

I went to see an ENT surgeon yesterday and according to my sleep patterns, snoring, choking he thinks i have severe sleep apnoea and so do i. I am having a sleep study done next week at home.
The ENT said that 1 had three options of treatment -
1. CPAP machine for the rest of my life
2. dental splint
3. surgery
and all in that order.

I got home all angry, thinking that there is no way in hell that i will sleep with a mask on for the rest of my life. No effing way. I am 33 FFS and what a turn off. Can you imagine your DH trying to spoon you and here you are with an oxygen mask on. Yeah right. I can understand if i was 65-75yo, yeah no probs.

I want the surgery. he said that there was a 60-70% success rate if i had the surgery done. Well, i want it.

My Q is has anybody know of anyone who had the throat surgery done, even though their surgeon said CPAP first?

[Queen]

Hun
No advise, hope someone can answer this for you hun
I would want surgery too, stuff the mask idea!
Not sexy at all!!! Let alone getting up to pee, to kids etc in the night

[briggsy's girl]

in all honesty, i would probably TRY the mask first - to make sure it makes a difference. yes, sleep apnoea can be diagnosed by the sleep study, but i'd be reluctant to opt for surgery if i wasn't more confident it would work. my mum has a cpap machine - tossed it after about 6 months - she wasn't a fan of it at all

[Turkish Delight]

BG - i know these machines are expensive and i don't want to spend several hundred if not $1k-$2k for a machine, which i'll be tossing after 2months too.

What does your mum do now??

[LionsandBears]

TD - my step-dad has a CPAP. It's taken a few different masks, but has made a real difference to both his & my Mum's sleep and his health.

I was dx by an ENT with deviated septum and he recommended surgery, but I never followed up. I don't want surgery on my face (nose). Just too many things could go wrong with no guarantee it will make a difference.

Look up Buteyko. It's a breathing technique that's supposed to help with sleep apnea and heart problems. Takes a while to learn and is about $600 I think.
Buteyko Institute of Breathing and Health - Asthma, Breathing, Sleep Apnoea
There's a few practitioners around Melbourne.

I'd try the dental splint before surgery. What specifically would the surgery be on (nose, adenoids)?

Who are you getting the sleep study through?

ETA: you can also learn Buteyko by DVD, which is cheaper

[briggsy's girl]

TD - mum's is in the wardrobe and she just puts up with the sleep apnoea - she is a very unhealthy lady so this is just one more nail in her coffin (yes, that sounds awful - but I say it as i see it - 9 out of 10 times i call or go to her house she is asleep on the couch)

she is too unhealthy to undergo the surgery that may help her, too lazy to set the machine up (it should be used for all sleeping, so day naps as well) - it's just unbelievable

i would try the machine first and see how you go - i think you can hire them short term. if it works, even if it's only UNTIL you can get surgery... i would do anything i could to get sleep to be honest - yes, being spooned is nice, but sleep is more important to a long term happy relationship...