The Vivos DNA Appliance is now FDA Approved for the treatment of mild-moderate obstructive sleep apnea. It is considered a medical device because it is used to treat a medical condition, so it is subject to regulation. Medical device regulators...
Read moreYesterday I received a response from the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s Device Support Team in response to my Medical Device Incident Report regarding the failure of my Vivos mRNA Appliance and the fact that it tipped my teeth.
Read moreFollowing on from the mid-treatment CBCT scan showing that my Vivos mRNA appliance was tipping my teeth, I’ve decided to stop using it altogether after a sleep study showed that 20.5 months use has had no effect on my severe...
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If you’ve been following my health journey for any length of time, you’ll have noticed that I’ve tried a lot of things to recover my energy and vitality. Being diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea was a major turning point for me, but it was also the start of a new quest to find an effective treatment for the condition that would work for me. There are so many options to consider, and even going with the default recommendation of my sleep specialist to just use CPAP didn’t turn out to be trivial.
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No news is no news. This update brings us to the end of May 2022. Look forward to more excitement next month…
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I appear to have a cold, and you appear to be getting an update. This brings us to the end of April 2022.
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I apologise for the delay in this update; I’m almost 4 months behind as I’ve been focusing on other things. Here is the update for March 2022. I reviewed the airway intelligence report from my latest CBCT and intraoral scan with my provider and concluded that I should keep wearing the appliance and face mask without expanding it any further.
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This month I’ve been focussed on recovering from nasal surgery, wearing my myofunctional therapy spots, grieving my mum’s death, going back to Uni, optimising my sleep hygiene, and having a life.
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I finally got around to reading Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor. It’s an interesting book and worth a read for anyone with a breathing disorder or unexplained chronic health issues.
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Another update for graph lovers. This brings us back up to date with data up to the end of January 2022.
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