Sleep anea but doctors won't listen!!! rant/question?

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*~*_BELLA_*~*

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I have snored since i was 13...125 pounds...

I really want to have a surgery done that will help me or reduce it. Here's my problemo....

Im 21, no insurance...only Med-ical ( wont cover crap)....I was referred an ENT and told him my concerns----- he looked in my nose, throat, ears, and said my airways are fine and to try nasal strips. He gave me nasonex and said bye....seriously!!! He didnt even ask me about the mild sleep apnea i mentioned in the registration form!!!! Did he behave like this due to my no-insurance???

I have been doing online reasearch and am really wanting this procedure/surgery where they remove a layer of your throat, remove adenoids, and tonsils. At this point, i dont care if i have to pay!!! I'll sell all my belongings!!!

Can someone please tell me how to conivnce a doctor? Should i continue seeing other ENT specialists? What if another tells me he can help? Should i sue (sp) the othe dr?

Help!!! Any links will help! My location: Novato, CA
****I have had a sleep clinic study me but nothing further was done to help me!!!
********Where can i get that machine that pushes air in my nose?
 
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patricia c

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well let me say that its good that you are trying to get fixed.but if the ent did not see that you needed something more done than he probably thought you don't need it.my husband has the most loud and annoying snoring habit , i can't stand it , he even stops breathing for a while at night, he doesn't hear himself , so he thinks I'm just over reacting,but i can't even sleep in the same room with him .he needs a sleep study, that is where they put the electrodes on his head and monitor how deep he sleeps and if he stops ,.and it would show that he needs a by-pap machine.it is the mask that forces air into the nose at night during sleep.they make a new one that is fairly quiet now.it sounds like you are going the right way with it but until you get married and your spouse c/o the noise you probably won't get much help.
 
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schwildcat1977

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idk - Surgery seems pretty extreem for a mild case.

I had it for only a few years - I had to use a macine that goes over your nose and keep your airways open while you sleep for those years and it eventually when away.

I forget what its called but its less than a couple hundred bucks.
 
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so give them a try, and they probably won't work, but let him know that since your problem still persists that you would like to have a sleep study done. unless your tonsils and adenoids are ridiculously large, they will probably opt to give you a CPAP machine that forces air into you to keep the breathing flow going. p.s. from Santa Rosa here!
 
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