Jürgen Wetzel

The starting point of the first contact with the Seegartenklinik was the preoccupation with my clinical picture, my life-threatening sleep apnea and the possibility of healing through sleep apnea surgery of the jaws.

After the most detailed explanations of the clinical picture with all its side effects and the possibility to overcome this by an appropriate operation in the Seegartenklinik by Dr. Frey, I was sure to agree to this operation in the Seegartenklinik.

I felt - despite the planned extreme intervention in a very sensitive area, the upper and lower jaw, in the best possible hands with Dr. Frey and the Seegartenklinik. The most important prerequisite for the approval of the operation was thus given from the very beginning.

The operation, which lasted about 3 hours, was successful. After waking up, I immediately felt that I was breathing very differently. I was enormously pleased.

However, I had underestimated the many unpleasant side effects of such an operation, namely pain, bleeding, swelling - also in the mouth and nose area - and they caused me a lot of trouble during the first few days. Especially the swellings, which increased on the 2nd and 3rd day, led me to anxiety states in the form that I could suffocate. Especially in relation to these days, but also in general, I would like to mention the particularly caring care by the hospital staff, which always helped me a lot.

With regard to the period of the first 6 months, i.e. until the 2nd operation, the removal of the metal plates, I would like to emphasize that a lot of patience is required. I often had uncertainties during the healing process, but these were always unfounded in retrospect. The control examinations are also very important in this respect, because there it was always determined that everything was going according to plan and my fears were completely unfounded. Numbness accompanied me over a very long period of time and has not completely disappeared even today, after 6 months. But, these are also changing and getting better. I am very confident that everything will be fine in this regard as well.

In the meantime, I am able to eat everything again, I feel like I have been reborn to a certain extent. Every morning I rejoice when I notice my fresh look in the mirror, I don't feel tired during the day and I can sleep well at night.

A big thank you is due to Dr. Frey and the entire staff of the Seegartenklinik.

In conclusion, according to the examinations in the sleep laboratory, which were performed again after 6 months, I am cured. I have already been able to feel this every day after the operation.

Jürgen Wetzel