Hello, I am 36 yrs old suffering with mild sleep apnea. I am scheduled to have a tonsillectomy,UP3, septoplasty, and inferior turbinate reduction done next week (May 25th). After doing some research I'm not finding many success with the UP3.
This is what i've found:
1.Drainage of secretions into the nose and a nasal quality to the voice.
2.Patients who have had the uvula removed will become unable to correctly speak French or any other language that has a uvular 'r' phoneme.
3.Nasal regurgitation
4.Choking easily
5. Re-growth of the soft palate
6.No change
7. Problems with phlegm
I'm now pretty nervous about having the proceedure done and wanted to get your thoughts on this. What is the rate of this proceedure being effective and is there some other alternative besides the UPPP? I've even thought about trying the pillar. What do you think about that?
Thanks,
Michelle