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Okay - so I posted recently that I was having UPPP + deviated septum repair. This generated a few questions, etc.

It has now been two weeks since I had the surgery. The entire post-op report can be found at my personal blog (hope it's okay to link that) which starts at Sleep Apnea: The back story. Yes, I'm too lazy to type it all in again.

Things to note:

1.) Vidodin is addictive. I went through withdrawal coming off of it and I was only on for 10 days. OUCH! Shakes, chills, insomnia, upset stomach.

2.) I can no longer make a fake "snore" noise when I try. It's really nearly impossible.

3.) The pain from this surgery is unbelieveable. I had two hernia surgeries. Add those two together and you don't get NEAR the pain I had from this. I stayed two nights in the hospital from this - I never had to do that for anything else I ever had done.

4.) I lost 14 pounds in 11 days. No solid food at all - I was too sore. I had some ice cream/yogurt.

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WIlliam, thanks for posting this. I'll go to your blog and check out what you've reported. i'm on the edge of my seat. big question : did it "work"? for this, you'd need to do another sleep study and compare with the initial one.
Naturally at this point I do not know. They say you start to feel "normal" 3-4 weeks after surgery and it takes a while longer than that for the scar tissue to firm up. This is what actually stiffens your soft palate and prevents snoring (along with the expanded airway).

I can tell you that I have noticed one major difference in my sleep patterns. I wake up in EXACTLY the same position I went to sleep in. Prior to this I went through all sorts of moving around at night, etc. It might mean nothing at this point so I'll dismiss it until I have better evidence.
the 4 sentences you devoted to your post-op bad breath and and the part about being able to laugh an M&M out your nose are the things that initially made the biggest impact on me. and the pain. the kind of pain that brings a grown man to his knees.

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