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DrTonySoileau

DrTonySoileau
Joined Sep 2016
DrTonySoileau
Joined Sep 2016

Kinda but not exactly. Let me give you a better timeline. I felt I had sleep apnea or knew I had problems sleeping. I lecture around the country a lot and own a hunting lodge so my job and hobbies tend to interfere with my sleep. So I blamed my sleep problems on my lifestyle. I was giving a lecture a few years ago on sleep apnea and invited Braebon. They showed me their new product that was a home sleep testing unit. Very intrigued so I took the test that night in my hotel room. Showed I had an AHI of mid 20s. Took it home and tested myself in my own bed. Same result but a little better. So I made myself a dental sleep appliance. This got me down to about 1o AHI. Slept much better but still some fatigue and snoring. So one Friday I am reading charts with my sleep specialist ENT and he said let me fix your nose. I said HUH! ANd he told me about turbinate reduction. Takes 10 minutes. Just charge my insurance. Said good deal lets do it. Changed my world! I drove home sucking in all the wonderful air through my nose that I never realized I wasn't getting. All good then I started to snore again. Did a home sleep test and apnea good but some hypopneas. Spring time pollen was kicking my but. So went to my ENT and yep my throat was bright red. So I got on a steroid and it helped clean up the snoring. Met with a functional internist and sports medicine doc and told him what I doing for sleep. I treat a lot of his patients. He did a thermal imaging scan to see where I had inflammation in my body. Turns out I had a lot. So I did some allergy testing and decided to change my diet cause I was getting a little wide in the gut. I am 49, 6' and 205. Not fat but not like I used to be. The new diet reduced my inflammation. Snoring gone and feel much better. New sleep study had me just under 5 AHI. I ahve been a dentist for 20+ years now. Posture not great and right arm gets tired. So I went to chiropractor that specializes in nerve conduction. He along with my in house massage therapist has me sitting on ball chairs while I see patients and focuses on the health of my cranial nerves. One of my my crainial nerves is the glossopharyngial nerve. Ok I wont get to complicated on this I promise. This nerve controls your tongue and swallowing among other things.. My was not healthy along with some other nerves. So he started therapy to fix them. Feel AWESOME again. Latest home sleep study has me at .1 AHI. It was my massage therapist that works in my office that convinced me that the best way to treat the human body is to put it back like its supposed to be, not just compensate with pills and surgeries. If the damage has been done that do what it takes to get back like the body is supposed to function. So I have spent the last five years treating myself along with my patients with that focus. Never wore a CPAP. Still wear my dental appliance to protect my veneers. Hate the diet but like how it makes me feel. I am in south Louisiana. Our food does not fit in the new diet!!!