So, as all of my co-workers know, I had surgery back in April to try and help me sleep better. I seem to have this problem where my tongue blocks my throat like 30 times an hour when I sleep. Well, I had that problem. I had a genio-glossus advancement (tongue advancement) back in April. It seems that I’m down to a mere 7 events per hour but am still having trouble breathing when I sleep.
So now I am getting a UPPP (soft palate cleanup), and a nose job. I kind of look at it like porting the engine on your car. You clean up all the intake (and exhaust for that matter), to make sure that you get as much oxygen flow as possible. I’m completely excited about it though even though I hate surgery.
The big day is coming up in less than a month. A doctor at Stanford is going to do it even though he’s not contracted on my insurance. My previous surgery would have cost $7000 there but after talking to the doctor he’s worked out a deal where I’ll only have to pay him $2000 plus whatever the insurance company will give him.
He is the most awesome doctor in that regard. He’s the number one doctor in the world in his field and could charge anything he wanted and there are people who would pay it. But he’s a down to Earth guy and worked that out for me. Thank you Dr. Nelson Powell!!!