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Back in the mid-90s I was referred to a specialist because my excessive snoring was giving me sleep apnoea. The consultant advised that I needed throat reconstr
by rikroots 5y ago
Back in the mid-90s I was referred to a specialist because my excessive snoring was giving me sleep apnoea. The consultant advised that I needed throat reconstruction surgery to cure the problem. He asked me if I smoked. Expecting yet another telling-off from the medical profession, I admitted that I did. "Don't give up," he told me. "Smoking helps dry out the throat and will make the procedure easier to perform."
To date, he is the only doctor who's told me to carry on smoking.
- ianai 5y agoDid the surgery work?
- rikroots 5y agoI didn't have the surgery - I wasn't willing to risk pain and anaesthesia just to please other people. There's a wide range of treatments for sleep apnoea nowadays (for instance: stop smoking, loose a bit of weight and learn to sleep with head tilted back) so I reckon I made the right decision.