Both of my kids have severe sleep disorder breathing. They have been treated at some of the best Childress hospitals in the country. And have also been treated by airway dentists over the past few years. Including palatial expansion , myo, tongue tie release etc.. my family’s sleep deprivation has been severe, for my kids wife and myself. I recently also got a sleep apnea diagnosis for myself , this is the dad. I’ve had a CBTC scan and Pulse oximetry study and it’s showing severe sleep apnea. The combination of sleep deprivation from my kids disorder along with my sleep apnea has left me feeling hopeless and struggling to want to keep going in life. I am trying to get a formal clinical sleep study but have been struggling with my insurance to approve the study. Both my airway dentists have recommended I meet with a surgeon to get evaluated for possible jaw surgery. But that could possible take years to get approved, and I sometimes wonder if I will last that long. Anyway, I’m sure others are also struggling with similar situations.

Three of my dearest friends have had serious airway challenges throughout their lives. Each has leaned in to get care, including surgery, to open up their breathing, their airways, their lives. It's an extraordinary thing to witness - and the journey they each had to take started with living with the issue, then, over years, coming to understand the problem, find experts, doctors, and care and treatment scenarios, and then recovery. These were years-long journeys. To see them all breath with freedom, sleep without issues, and live their fullest lives is a thing of great beauty. The world needs the work of The Airway Revolution Foundation.

It’s eye opening to the problems I have faced and settled with in my 30 years of life. Chronic sinus infections, allergies, asthma, ezcema, anxiety and depression and the list goes on. Although being in dentistry 9 years, until hearing your story I never thought this has been a problem for myself until now. Thank you thank you for paving this research pathway.

I have gone to many ENTs in hopes of finding and answer as to why I can’t breathe through my nose well. I do not have a septum problem. I had bilateral turbinate reduction as advised by an ENT who believed it would open my passageway and help me breathe better but it did nothing. I am CONSTANTLY tired, always yawning and feeling like I’m in a fog and I receive little to no answers from every single doctor I see. I would do anything to fix this.

My 11 month old daughter is receiving myofunctional therapy for mouth breathing and swallow disfunction. She has a posterior tongue tie, which was not diagnosed by 3 medical professionals in the first months of her life, including a lactation consultant when we had breast feeding struggles. My daughter has disordered sleep, waking every hour through the night, due to her disordered mouth breathing.