I feel some kind of schadenfreude in seeing you try so much harder than I ever did to make it work, and yet still failing. Ah well, I'd much rather you succeeded.
The humidifier running out issues are surely solvable - it shouldn't be hard to expand the tank, or to wake up long enough to pour more water in it. I rarely go more than 4 hours without waking up completely, but that may be unusual.
What part of your body is causing the apnea? I just spoke with someone this weekend who had a series of surgeries for his apnea: two RF treatments of his lower palate, and then the removal of part of his uvula, as well as a turbinate reduction. My turbinate reduction didn't do shit, but his uvuloplasty sounded pretty effective.
Unfortunately my apnea is nasal rather than palate, which is far more unusual and thus doesn't have treatments. But if yours is back of throat related, RF shrinkages are minimally invasive and sometimes effective. Also he told me there is a new treatment where they basically stick an angiogram catheter up your nose in order to widen the openings to your sinuses, so I may try that.
I assume you've tried the nasal antihistamine spray, Astelin? Didn't seem to help me much. What helps me the most are breathe-rite strips and dilute Afrin (dilute so as not to get too much rebound congestion).
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Date: 2007-02-27 08:00 am (UTC)The humidifier running out issues are surely solvable - it shouldn't be hard to expand the tank, or to wake up long enough to pour more water in it. I rarely go more than 4 hours without waking up completely, but that may be unusual.
What part of your body is causing the apnea? I just spoke with someone this weekend who had a series of surgeries for his apnea: two RF treatments of his lower palate, and then the removal of part of his uvula, as well as a turbinate reduction. My turbinate reduction didn't do shit, but his uvuloplasty sounded pretty effective.
Unfortunately my apnea is nasal rather than palate, which is far more unusual and thus doesn't have treatments. But if yours is back of throat related, RF shrinkages are minimally invasive and sometimes effective. Also he told me there is a new treatment where they basically stick an angiogram catheter up your nose in order to widen the openings to your sinuses, so I may try that.
I assume you've tried the nasal antihistamine spray, Astelin? Didn't seem to help me much. What helps me the most are breathe-rite strips and dilute Afrin (dilute so as not to get too much rebound congestion).