surgery statistics uvula apnea

You will forever need to clear your throat now.. had my surgery 6 years go and it still gets hoarse and I constantly clear my rhroat.. nothing is there now to stop nasal drainage...good luck friend.. you are going to have to get used to it.. sorry

Hi guys.
Thought I would post my story of complete total uvula removaljust to see if it helps answer anyone else's questions.

Just to add I had my adanoids removed at a very early age. I was told this was because I simply wasn't eating enough. Funny though I'm now 6' 3" and nearly 50 years old.

Over the years my uvula had steadily grown partly due to it always being a good length of 1.5" and me constantly have to clear my throat to stop me gagging.

Even I had become sick of myself clearing my own throat.

So surgery was arranged.... I nice chap examined me and said he would shorten the uvula. I said do what he thought was needed. (why would anyone say that to a surgeon lol)

After surgery, magic! No pain in the uvula and err....infarct no uvula at all..........

Well it stopped all that damp throat clearing c*ap anyway.

Today I'm laid in bed with pneumonia rolling around like a shark with long John silvers wooden leg stuck in his wind pipe slowly drowning in my own phlegm because usual windpipe clearing practices don't work when all your uvula has left the building.

Please excuse my sarcasm I'm British!

So yes most surgery has its good and bad points

Well guys, just be careful what you wish for!

Hello do you think he might have acid reflux issues maybe I had my uvala removed and tonsils I wanted a partial removal of uvala but dr removed the whole thing. I'm on 6 weeks and it still feels agitated I think my taste buds scrape on pallets now which didn't happen before. Frustrating does he have that problem. Maybe he needs to wear a mask if he works outside on the elements like I do. I haven't been coughing up phlegm to much maybe a few times. I'm sorry he's going through that I hope things are getting better. How long did recovery take. I'm 49 yrs old and had to start working 3 days after surgery. Not sure if that slowed down my recovery time. I've been stressed about this whole thing. Take care

Hope your doing ok my stupid dr removed my uvala when I told him a partial removal so you cant cough up your mucas is what your saying. How do you get rid of it then. I haven't had to much problems with that it feels different coughing up stuff if you have to and sounds different. I was choking a bit one day and was able to cough it up thank god. I'm 49 and it's been 6 weeks now. My taste buds are big and they kind of scrape on pallets do you experience that my friend and how long is recovery the drs say 2 to 3 weeks but there full of it I've read with uvala removal and tonsil removal it can be 2 month or more maybe. Is that true I hope these iratations go away soon and I hope your doing better to

Hello any good points about having it removed the stupid dr removed my whole uvala instead of partial removal like I asked him to do I'm on 6 weeks and my taste buds are even scraping my pallets do those feelings go away. I'm 49 and I went back to work on 3rd day I had my tonsils removed same time I hope you get used to it and iratations go away. Thanks

Had UPPP surgery 15 years ago d/t apnea. Suffered the same effects as mentioned on this site. Never remove the Uvula! It works to drain saliva away from the windpipe. I choke constantly to this day. There is a procedure where an ENT can 'rough up' both sides of either edge of tissue where the uvula was and sew it together. I won't do it as I have all the problems I need right now! But it's out there. UPPP can really mess you up for life!