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This page has a few of my blog posts about my issues with OSA, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, which basically means not being able to breathe at night and having restless nights, night after night.
Because my sleep apnea scored low but somehow the impact on me was fairly high, it took a while to diagnose, and I tried several things before eventually getting Maxillomandibular Advancement Surgery (MMA) to fix my airway for good.

I made this summary page after the fact, so it starts with a few sleep studies I likely did 5 years later than I should have.

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2010/08/19 MMA surgery, 7 weeks later
π 2010-08-19 01:01 in Osa
Ok, this update is going to be boring, but I'm considering myself fully recovered. I can pretty much eat anything at this point, and except for my chin still being somewhat numb (it takes months for it to come back fully apparently), I'm pretty much back to normal.

All that is left is to move the teeth back to a location that makes sense for my new bite. Unfortunately that will likely take a year or so, but oh well...

Ah, yes, my sleep. It's definitely better than before, no question about that, although it'll likely take another month or two before I get official scores from a sleep study.

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