30 years ago my husband would sleep, stop breathing, wake up, go back to sleep.The way he tells it, I saved his life. Ok, I'll accept that!
We didn't know the term 'sleep apnea' I just knew it wasn't right. Oh, he was a big snorer too.
He was not overweight, at all. When I looked in there, there was a wall of tissue. I don't remember anyone saying it was his tonsils, just a wall of tissue.
Oh, he used to get really really bad sore throats, so I guess that is why.
He went for a sleep study, and it was concluded he woke up 50 times an hour, but could fall back asleep so it wasn't really affecting his awake life. He was using a Cpap then, until the surgery, a few months later.
He went to an ear, nose and throat guy, who had the longest fingers I have ever seen, and had that wall taken out.
Like I said, that was 30 years ago, with no recurrence or problems since.
The main thing to get from this :
I SAVED HIS LIFE!
Just remembered: the procedure was done in the doctor's office which is right next to the hospital.