Surgery to correct deviated septum/sleep apnea

I’m in 29 and in good shape. Doc said it was all due to nose.

I've had two surgeries, and while neither were an easy recovery, the long term effects are great. Back in college, I was probably 19 or 20 at the time, I kept having sinus issues. Thought it was allergies and the ENT did some tests and ultimately ordered a CT of my head. My septum looked like a fish hook and my right nostril was about 90% blocked. After the surgery, at a follow up visit, ENT tells me that they basically break it and reset it, stuff your nose with packing and it heals pretty much straight. They also did a turbinate reduction at the same time. He said he wouldn't have done that as a standalone, but since they were already doing an operation you might as well get some additional benefit from it.


Around 6 years ago, I had the UPPP surgery and a tonsillectomy. Wasn't really overweight at the time, probably around 170-175, and that ENT scheduled me for a sleep study. I did one without a CPAP, and a second one about a month later with the CPAP, and absolutely hated it. So I asked what the options were, and again, he said he typically avoids doing a tonsillectomy in adults, but the UPPP surgery is basically in the same area and you would be healing from that anyways, so might as well remove those since they were enlarged. Couldn't really eat solids for a week, ended up losing about 12 lbs, even with the constipation from the pain killers, and it took about a month or so before my throat felt normal again. But I avoided using a CPAP and my sleep has been so much better.