re: UPPP Surgery

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Also septoplasty and turbinectomy

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I had that done back in the summer of 2000. I had a bad deviated septum, and they did some sinus work as well. Slept in a recliner for a week, with a squirt bottle of water by my side. I would wake up with my throat so dry I couldn't breathe. And I couldn't just sip, I needed to blast my throat with water and then I could swallow. Eating wasn't bad, it was just the mouth breathing at night since I had so much packing stuffed up my nose.

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Lost a good bit of weight because I could only swallow a few times after I put down a couple of teaspoons of liquid lortab which was no easy task

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Yeah, the ENT told me yesterday to expect to lose about 10-12 lbs, and some lose up to 15. Also told me that if I could keep that off after the surgery it would be so much better and make him look like a great surgeon. Honestly I could stand to lose about 20-25 so this will be a kickstart to that as well.

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With that being said I'm glad i did it bec of the relief I received. It's gonna hurt!

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That's what I'm hoping. My options were CPAP or surgery, and many have told me I'm crazy for not just using the machine, but I'd rather suffer for a couple of weeks than fight a machine to sleep with every single night.