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I had SARPE and MSDO jaw surgeries last year and as part of my plan, I've also had to see a sleep specialist too and use a CPAP machine. For those who are in similar situations, is it just me or are those of you seeing sleep specialists after the surgeries also feel like you're being interrogated about why you had the jaw surgeries? Each time I've been in to the office, I'm asked why I had the surgeries done and it is almost always the same line of questioning even when I've seen different people (university hospital) each visit. I know they've got to be putting stuff in their notes but boy do I always come out of there feeling like I've been interrogated. I don't know if they're just outright curious or if they don't want to admit these surgeries can have a huge impact on sleep apnea and reducing or even curing the cause so one doesn't have to use a CPAP machine (my end goal).

I haven't had surgery yet, but my sleep doctor, she's a physician assistant is not aware that any surgery can fix sleep apnea. I got nasal surgery done to unblock my nose and she had a lot of curiosity about that. Most of the patients are CPAP users who don't seem to know there is a surgery that can help them. I know MMA is not for everyone but it can be 90 to 95 percent cure.

here's a good video that explains how surgery can help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4KPJY ... ture=share
part two follows on the side.

one of the reasons I had my procedure was to correct my sleep apnea. From the day of the surgery I was told not to sleep with my cpap anymore. I will followup with a sleep study in a few months to check if my sleep apnea was corrected. So far so good!

It's not just sleep Dr's; my ENT thought I was nuts for even considering jaw surgery. Even after I had my tonsils, adenoids, uvula removed and my soft palate trimmed; I still had OSA. There was nothing else my ENT could do to give me more room that I'd even consider right now. Tongue reduction in the future; probably not That's where my oral surgeon came in; gave my tongue more room so it didn't get pushed back by my teeth. I still sleep "better" with my APAP after everything I've had done; but I can take a several day camping trip and not feel completely exhausted.

Most specialty Dr's don't fully understand the complexities involved in other areas of the body; it seems like a max-fac surgeon can see the bigger picture and look at everything.

I got my surgery done April 21 for severe OSA. I think it worked but I'm sleeping on my back propped up. Can't use the cpap. I put it up, yay!

Both my ENT and sleep doc think I'm nuts

MMA changed my life. Before I would average 6.5 hours of sleep/night while in bed for at least 7.5 hours, often times 8. I now average 7:45 minutes of sleep per night, easy. I can sleep 9 hours if I want. AND the sleep is of high quality. My sleep quality before was garbage.

Also, something I used before and after that has helped my sleep a great deal, Beddit sleep tracker. The sleep tracker has a journal function for each night so you can somewhat self correct and notice what helps or hurts your sleep.

Hope that helps,

After reading your original post, I realized I completely missed the initial point of the post. Woops. Hopefully someone curious about sleep apnea surgery can gain something from my comment. haha

[quote="fixmenow"]here's a good video that explains how surgery can help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4KPJY ... ture=share
part two follows on the side.[/quote]

Thank you for posting this! It's very beneficial for me to see since I'm struggling with similar issues.