I have obstructive sleep apnea. Will a tonsillectomy completely improve my quality of life?
I have always had trouble sleeping and continually waking up. Even if I sleep a full 8 hours on weekends I still wake up feeling groggy and with a headache. I feel tired and sluggish throughout the day, and usually feel too tired to work out or engage in much physical activity. This has been going on my whole life. I had a sleep study done and I have obstructive sleep apnea, so my body never gets into the very deep stages of restorative sleep. I tried a bipap machine and I can’t sleep with it on. Now I have a tonsillectomy and uvulectomy scheduled in a few months. Assuming that the surgery is successful and I can sleep well and deeply afterwards, how much will it effect my qualirty of life. Will I feel 100% better like a whole new person or will there likely just be moderate improvement? Can someone who has had this surgery let me know?
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my moms husband has had 2 types of surgery and the sleep apnea has still not improved. He had his tonsils cut out and his throat widened. It was a painful surgery and did him no good.
I hear it can help some people, so I really hope it works out for you…but it didn’t work for him.
Your physician should have answered all these questions.
Definitely, sleep apnea is dangerous, and hard on your body and organs….. If it were I, I would make another appt. before the scheduled surgery for the questions, but I’d opt for the surgery…
Sorry, I don’t have it, but know many people who do……
good luck to you.
if you have the surgery and its truly obstructive apnea than you will feel like you have taken a hit of speed after a few night of deep sleep. i was told i had obstructive apnea lost mega amounts of weight still have it just as bad now they say its genetic. but using the machine has improved my life tremendously.