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I did none of that. Instead, what worked for me was to change my lifestyle. Paced walk half an hour and lift for ten minutes everyday. Reduce smoking to rare oc

I did none of that. Instead, what worked for me was to change my lifestyle. Paced walk half an hour and lift for ten minutes everyday. Reduce smoking to rare occasions. Eat less, lose weight, and finally get those teeth done.

dperrin 3y ago
With the exception of losing weight (already a 22 BMI) I tried pretty all of this to no avail. Turns out I had a deviated septum and surgery fixed the problem. As a bonus, I can easily breathe through my nose now.
- kortex 3y ago
  Septoplasty and tubinate reduction surgery was one of the best choices of my life. Lifelong allergy sufferer, being able to truly breathe was profound.
  - vthallam 3y ago
    I have a deviated septum, but the doctors in the US doesn't think its medically necessary to do Septoplasty and I also have a sleep apnea, come to think I should get this done.
    - dperrin 3y ago
      Not sure on the accuracy or if it applies to you, but prior to getting the septoplasty my ENT did mention it might not make a big difference if overweight or obese and so often doesn’t recommend it in those cases. For comparison, I used some of those nasal strips before surgery and the post-surgery were very comparable, so that might be an inexpensive option to try? I also recall someone mentioning some sort of nose plug thing from Amazon you could get that does the same thing.
  - lm28469 3y ago
    > tubinate reduction surgery I've read horror stories about that. Apparently a lot of the problems could be solved by teaching kids how to breathe (no mouth breathing), having a proper diet (chewing), &c. of course once you're fucked you're fucked and you have to go to these extremes to get your life back. It's like our lifestyle is slowly evolving us out of this planet
lepus 3y ago
That's great! I didn't want to give the impression that I had the one and only solution to everyone, so what matters is whatever works for you.
- nurettin 3y ago
  Exactly, I just wanted to present another anecdote which only worked for me. With the hope that it might inspire someone.
waihtis 3y ago
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- wesapien 3y ago
  You can live a healthy lifestyle and have obstructive sleep apnea. Do you know anything about this at all?
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - waihtis 3y ago
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    - irdc 3y ago
      > Almost as if people don't want to hear a health-based solution may work. Yes, may, not will. And there’s an entire academic discipline dedicated to figuring out what solutions people ought to try. This forum is not part of said discipline.
      - waihtis 3y ago
        then you should address your complaint to /u/nurettin and tell them they shouldn't be posting personal anecdotes about what works and what doesn't I don't think its in the spirit of the HN board but I guess we can each interpret it as we please
        crysin 3y ago
        Your original comment also was not in the spirit of the HN board.
- RagnarD 3y ago
  I'm guessing this is irony.

dperrin 3y ago

With the exception of losing weight (already a 22 BMI) I tried pretty all of this to no avail. Turns out I had a deviated septum and surgery fixed the problem. As a bonus, I can easily breathe through my nose now.

kortex 3y ago
Septoplasty and tubinate reduction surgery was one of the best choices of my life. Lifelong allergy sufferer, being able to truly breathe was profound.
- vthallam 3y ago
  I have a deviated septum, but the doctors in the US doesn't think its medically necessary to do Septoplasty and I also have a sleep apnea, come to think I should get this done.
  - dperrin 3y ago
    Not sure on the accuracy or if it applies to you, but prior to getting the septoplasty my ENT did mention it might not make a big difference if overweight or obese and so often doesn’t recommend it in those cases. For comparison, I used some of those nasal strips before surgery and the post-surgery were very comparable, so that might be an inexpensive option to try? I also recall someone mentioning some sort of nose plug thing from Amazon you could get that does the same thing.
- lm28469 3y ago
  > tubinate reduction surgery I've read horror stories about that. Apparently a lot of the problems could be solved by teaching kids how to breathe (no mouth breathing), having a proper diet (chewing), &c. of course once you're fucked you're fucked and you have to go to these extremes to get your life back. It's like our lifestyle is slowly evolving us out of this planet

lepus 3y ago

That's great! I didn't want to give the impression that I had the one and only solution to everyone, so what matters is whatever works for you.

nurettin 3y ago
Exactly, I just wanted to present another anecdote which only worked for me. With the hope that it might inspire someone.

waihtis 3y ago

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wesapien 3y ago
You can live a healthy lifestyle and have obstructive sleep apnea. Do you know anything about this at all?
- deleted 3y ago
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- waihtis 3y ago
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  - irdc 3y ago
    > Almost as if people don't want to hear a health-based solution may work. Yes, may, not will. And there’s an entire academic discipline dedicated to figuring out what solutions people ought to try. This forum is not part of said discipline.
    - waihtis 3y ago
      then you should address your complaint to /u/nurettin and tell them they shouldn't be posting personal anecdotes about what works and what doesn't I don't think its in the spirit of the HN board but I guess we can each interpret it as we please
      - crysin 3y ago
        Your original comment also was not in the spirit of the HN board.
RagnarD 3y ago
I'm guessing this is irony.