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Originally Posted by bny806
thank yall so much! I gotta find a way to work the sleep study into my schedule...
backwardpain - I hear ya.. it was a "minor" procedure gone very wrong that kicked off all of my symptoms almost 2 years ago now.. no procedure is minor in my book!
Bny,
Kim- yes I sleep with my mouth open all the time now.. ugh! When my symptoms are bad, I can't keep my jaw shut.. I look lovely!  |
From what I've read, when they first developed this minor prcedure, doctors didn't understand how important the nasal structure they were opening up was and cut too much of it off causing Open Nose Syndrome. It wasn't until a couple patients actually committed suicide that doctors went back and looked at exactly what they were doing wrong.
I was told on another forum that every doctor is aware of what went wrong in the early days of the procedure and that techniques have changed drastically (for example, they now use a laser to cut micrometers of tissue, instead of a scalple), but I still don't want to do something that might add to my problems. On the other hand, if my breathing difficulty gets too bad, I might not have a choice.
Jeff