That's what I was told. Bet my apnea is worse than yours. I have no life. The Inspire failure has been the biggest letdown of my entire life. I;m back at CPAP school with some improvement. I really hope I it works for you. Please remember as my doc told me this is a therapy that "may" improve your apnea. There is no cure.
In retrospect I now wonder why the stimulation of the tongue nerve could not be tested before spending over 100k only to find out it doesn't work. The operation is easy. When they turn it you realize the implant will be sending a shock to your tongue everytime you inhale. All night long! They call it a mild impulse. Then you ramp it up until the apnea stops or it becomes to intense to sleep with it. There is a delay built into the implant so that it doesn't active while your trying to get to sleep. If your a light sleeper the delay on the remote is very important. I had 4 titrations and a sleep study that makes me want to sue Inspire. Gota be careful on what to say. I am persona non grata with them. They are loathing any negative input as they just initiated a 110 million IPO.
I have an Inspire implant and it does not work. My results were similar to yours
Don't believe a word they say about percentages. Lets try more like 50%. Cost, I was told 40k got billed 115k. Darn thing doesn't work. How do you get it removed. Who pays for that?
I would not be concerned about your doctor. I would be concerned with whether you are a good candidate for the procedure. It does not work for everyone. I have an implant and it does not work. Don't be fooled by claims about how effective it is. It's easy to lie with statistics. I would ask your doc. What if it doesn't work?
