Wishing you the best of luck, but when I looked into this 10 or so years ago the long term success rate of surgery seemed dubious to me.
I read that scar tissue ends up building up and making the problem worse than before, so it ends up being a solution that works until then.
I did end up having turbinate reduction / deviated septum surgery, so at least I can use comfy nasal pillows now. The turbinate reduction definitely destroyed most of my fine sense of smell, which is unfortunate. Wish I'd known that ahead of time.
Anyways, sleep apnea sucks. Wish I could fix my anatomy.
Thank you, I had not heard of the issue related to scar tissue building up. I will look into that more and ask my doctor when I see them later this week. I knew going into the surgery that it was not a sure thing that it would improve my breathing. The primary reason I had it done was to correct a bad underbite and crossbite that causes me to struggle with eating.
I had this too, and it did nothing at all for me - except I now have a permanently numb spot on the top of my nose.
Surgeries are a massive source of profit in the US. I'd recommend getting multiple medical opinions (preferably from the surgeons who don't own multiple yachts) before doing any kind of surgery.
I read that scar tissue ends up building up and making the problem worse than before, so it ends up being a solution that works until then.
I did end up having turbinate reduction / deviated septum surgery, so at least I can use comfy nasal pillows now. The turbinate reduction definitely destroyed most of my fine sense of smell, which is unfortunate. Wish I'd known that ahead of time.
Anyways, sleep apnea sucks. Wish I could fix my anatomy.