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New tongue-stimulating implant offers hope to millions with sleep apnoea in UK first
(www.theguardian.com)
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Hey I'm in the US and have struggled with my sleep apnea and I just can't handle the CPAP machines so now I'm looking into surgery or maybe something like this. Any chance you can share more of your experience?
I found out about it just by searching for sleep apnea surgery or some such. Then I got a referral for a sleep study I think and from there a referral to the particular doctor who evaluated me and later did the surgery.
The way it works is stimulating a nerve that triggers a muscle that moves my tongue forward, and it does so once every few seconds (meant to match my breaths I think).
The remote is used to turn it on (with a delay so I fall asleep before it actually starts), delay it if I wake up in the night, and turn it off in the morning. Also controls the intensity which has to be enough to work but not wake me up.
Have you looked into a dental appliance? I used to use one of those, it would shift my lower jaw forward to help me breathe.
It's not perfect, but if CPAP doesn't work for you, it might be an option. Maybe something to talk about with your sleep doc
Yeah definitely going to look into that, and surgery. I've been to the sleep doc twice and tried CPAP twice, hopefully it's okay to move onto other things now.