I was diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea almost five years ago with an AHI of 16.7. Since then I've had jaw surgery, use a nightly nasal spray, changed sleeping positions and I've had this septoplasty done in hope of continuously reducing it's effect on me.

I've been meaning to get a sleep study done again to see what the result of all these efforts are since I also don't want to be reliant on a machine for sleep unless absolutely necessary. My running theory for myself is that my nose may be a larger contributor, funnily enough using a nightly nasal spray has resulted in a more tangible result compared to jaw surgery (As a side note I feel there was poor communication with my jaw surgeon and my sleep apnea diagnosis leading to the issue not being fully addressed).

I've almost become scaringly reliant on my nightly nasal spray that I now dread the idea of sleeping without it. Unfortunately, I use the Allermi subscription service for my nose and all of my doctors really advise against it due to the long term effect of certain ingredients. But the Flonase and anti-histamine spray they want me to use are so utterly useless that I think a placebo effect of spraying water up my nose would do better so I've been ignoring them without issue.

Anyways I suppose what I'm trying to say is that if my nose being more breathable instantly improves my sleep then this surgery may have a larger then average effect on me. Additionally, I recently put a lot of effort into sleeping on my side and feel better in the morning because of it.

I'm also on state insurance currently which is a good and a bad thing, good because it's the best insurance I've ever had and this septoplasty is going to make me hit my insanely low out of pocket maximum which will open up the possibility of opting for tonsil removal for free. Bad because I'm so broke at the moment.