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Its been shown that sleep apnea related brain damage reverses completely within a year of treatment. If your issue is a narrow airway due to a recessed jaw an M

Its been shown that sleep apnea related brain damage reverses completely within a year of treatment. If your issue is a narrow airway due to a recessed jaw an MMA can be curative. Insurance covers MMA if AHI > 15. Do you have people around you that can help cover an MMA if you need to self fund? Or people you can borrow money from? Dr Alfaro in Barecelona will do it much cheaper than the US. I understand the dread. I also saw multiple suicides in the UARS/Sleep apnea communities. I hope you find the strength to continue

dsego 4y ago
Would an MSE yield sufficient results as well? Seems less invasive than full orthognathic surgery. https://www.youtube.com/@JawHacks https://www.youtube.com/@JawHacks
- Llamamoe 4y ago
  Depends on what exactly is going on with a given person's airways. Expansion is the best treatment for poor nasal breathing, but if you're got a narrow pharynx going on also, you probably need that MMA.
Llamamoe 4y ago
My dude, Alfaro charges prices that are vastly out of reach of anyone not made of money, and I'm at a point where making Dr appointments in the first place, nevermind coordinating travel, pushes me to my limits. I can probably get it done under public healthcare where I live, but I don't know if I can afford orthodontics, even if it's "only" a few thousand bucks over here.
- bhhayuwhabd 4y ago
  Just wanted to share a cheap suggestion that has helped me with poor breathing due to narrow breathing passages. This was temporary due to bad respiratory virus, but was effective. Nyquil and breath right strips. Probably using NyQuil every night is not a good idea, but could perhaps use on occasion, or some other nasal dilator drug such as asthma medications/ steroids. But the breath right strip can be used all the time, and it really does open up your nasal passages noticably in my experience. Maybe worth a try. Edit: More ideas: sleep on your side, when sleep on your back stack multiple pillows to lift your head higher up (seems to help IME).
  - Llamamoe 4y ago
    Already doing all of these, I've even reverse engineered a custom, a bit more effective algorithm into my PAP :-P But thank you for the suggestions.

dsego 4y ago

Would an MSE yield sufficient results as well? Seems less invasive than full orthognathic surgery. https://www.youtube.com/@JawHacks https://www.youtube.com/@JawHacks

Llamamoe 4y ago
Depends on what exactly is going on with a given person's airways. Expansion is the best treatment for poor nasal breathing, but if you're got a narrow pharynx going on also, you probably need that MMA.

Llamamoe 4y ago

My dude, Alfaro charges prices that are vastly out of reach of anyone not made of money, and I'm at a point where making Dr appointments in the first place, nevermind coordinating travel, pushes me to my limits. I can probably get it done under public healthcare where I live, but I don't know if I can afford orthodontics, even if it's "only" a few thousand bucks over here.

bhhayuwhabd 4y ago
Just wanted to share a cheap suggestion that has helped me with poor breathing due to narrow breathing passages. This was temporary due to bad respiratory virus, but was effective. Nyquil and breath right strips. Probably using NyQuil every night is not a good idea, but could perhaps use on occasion, or some other nasal dilator drug such as asthma medications/ steroids. But the breath right strip can be used all the time, and it really does open up your nasal passages noticably in my experience. Maybe worth a try. Edit: More ideas: sleep on your side, when sleep on your back stack multiple pillows to lift your head higher up (seems to help IME).
- Llamamoe 4y ago
  Already doing all of these, I've even reverse engineered a custom, a bit more effective algorithm into my PAP :-P But thank you for the suggestions.