Originally Posted by
rondog
But, whatever you do, DO NOT get the surgery for sleep apnea where they lop off your uvula and blow off the rear shelf of your upper palate with a laser! I had that done at the same time, and Sweet Mother O' God, I've NEVER been so miserable in my life.
I've had a broken neck, a broken back, broken leg, broken arm, snapped the ACL in my right knee, and two severe tears in the meniscus of the left knee. But that surgery beat 'em all painwise. Think about a severe sore throat for 3+ months, I had to use an atomizer with a high-powered liquid pain killer/numbing solution directly on the area. It was awful. And it screwed up my swallowing for about 3 years. Every time I'd try to eat something, bits of the first bite would go into my windpipe and I'd go into choking and coughing fits. That finally went away, but the healing took years.
So, deviated septum surgery, good! Sleep apnea surgery, BAD!
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