Sleep Apnea

Steve Dunne

South of Seattle wrote:

I get to meet with my doctor about this on Wednseday! Yay! :?

hey man i know we haven't crossed paths on here much, but as a fellow pj fan, head's up on the initial meeting with the doctor. for as bad as the sleep test was, the initial meeting was just as uncomfortable. it wasn't painful, but i had to have some stuff shoved up my nose for 15 minutes. they were checking the septum area. like i said...no pain in this, just feels weird. good luck and hope all goes well...

South of Seattle

Steve Dunne wrote:

South of Seattle wrote:

I get to meet with my doctor about this on Wednseday! Yay! :?

hey man i know we haven't crossed paths on here much, but as a fellow pj fan, head's up on the initial meeting with the doctor. for as bad as the sleep test was, the initial meeting was just as uncomfortable. it wasn't painful, but i had to have some stuff shoved up my nose for 15 minutes. they were checking the septum area. like i said...no pain in this, just feels weird. good luck and hope all goes well...

Thanks for freaking me out even more Steve

Maybe I'll shoot blood out of my nose all over the doctor or something cool like that.

Steve Dunne

South of Seattle wrote:

Steve Dunne wrote:

South of Seattle wrote:

I get to meet with my doctor about this on Wednseday! Yay! :?

hey man i know we haven't crossed paths on here much, but as a fellow pj fan, head's up on the initial meeting with the doctor. for as bad as the sleep test was, the initial meeting was just as uncomfortable. it wasn't painful, but i had to have some stuff shoved up my nose for 15 minutes. they were checking the septum area. like i said...no pain in this, just feels weird. good luck and hope all goes well...

Thanks for freaking me out even more Steve

Maybe I'll shoot blood out of my nose all over the doctor or something cool like that.

Blood, snots...i like the revenge tactics!!! 8-)

South of Seattle

I had nothing shoved up my nose for 15 minutes.

But I got my results back today.

I wake up about 72 times per hour. My oxygen level is at 82% This = Severe Sleep Apnea.

CPAP machine here I come!

Cliffy6745

TrAvELAr wrote:

A friend of mine has it and he wears this mask that forces air into his lungs. He says he sleeps a million times better since he got the mask.

My father has worn this for about 6 years now and it has done wonders. He sleeps great now.

ZiggyStar

So sad. My dad wears a sleep apnoea mask to sleep.....doesn't have it as bad as your dad though....no thrashing etc.

patrickredeyes

ZiggyStar wrote:

So sad. My dad wears a sleep apnoea mask to sleep.....doesn't have it as bad as your dad though....no thrashing etc.

Well actually for a little while now he hasn't been thrashing anymore. He sleeps threw the nite now but he also has the mask.

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patrickredeyes wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

So sad. My dad wears a sleep apnoea mask to sleep.....doesn't have it as bad as your dad though....no thrashing etc.

Well actually for a little while now he hasn't been thrashing anymore. He sleeps threw the nite now but he also has the mask.

Good to hear. I wish I could tolerate the thing. I dropped about 35lbs, as they said weight loss would help, but it hasn't. Don't know what to do anymore. Been a year since I've had a normal night's sleep, and nothing on the horizon - hence posting at 7:51am on a Saturday.

ACCBootlegGoddess

patrickredeyes wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

So sad. My dad wears a sleep apnoea mask to sleep.....doesn't have it as bad as your dad though....no thrashing etc.

Well actually for a little while now he hasn't been thrashing anymore. He sleeps threw the nite now but he also has the mask.

I'm happy to hear he's doing better. I was going to ask about the CPAP as both my mom and older brother have Sleep Apnea. My brother has it worse and he has to sleep with this sock thing with tennis balls on his back to keep him from rolling on his back. He stops breathing when he's on his back. Seems to be a lot better...and dunno if he still wears the sock thing.
My mom has mild case...but asshole doc almost took her drivers license and forced the CPAP on her cause she was on the borderline for medium. She redid the test and scored lower so it didn't happen fortunately...and she has since lost a lot of weight so she's doing better too.

South of Seattle

FuzzyDunlop wrote:

my friend Jon was diagnosed with sleep apnea about 6-8 months ago. he was always tired & irritable and would never sleep for more than 2-3 hours at a time maximum. he went to a sleep clinic where he was told about the apnea, and they gave him a machine that helps regulate his breathing as he sleeps now. it's like he's an entirely new person now. he has energy, he goes out, he laughs a lot more... it's so nice to see him actually want to be part of our group of friends

This is what I'm hoping for also. I pick up my machine in October and it will be interesting to see how much energy I get back. My energy level didn't really get too bad until the last few years. I'm pretty sure I've had Apnea all my life.