[Norton AntiSpam] OT: Sleep Apnea and Obtaining Proper Medical Treatment

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Saturday, July 26, 2008 8:06 PM

[Norton AntiSpam] Re: OT: Sleep Apnea and Obtaining

Proper Medical Treatment

 

 

Wow! What a testimony to the CPAP machine! I love the person who

invented it too! For five years (maybe more) I couldn't sleep with

my husband...I always ended up on the sofa, and finally, began

sleeping in " my own " room, and I was amazed that I was able to

actually sleep thru the night! My husbands snoring, and he'd stop

breathing too, and wake up sometimes gasping for air, made it

impossible for me to sleep, and poor hubby was so tired, all the

time, his blood pressure was climbing and he had already had a minor

cardiac episode (a warning, so to speak.) FINALLY he mentioned all

this to his dr, who scheduled a sleep study. Of course we knew he

had sleep apnea, but after getting his CPAP--what can I say? I can

sleep with my husband again! He LOVES his CPAP! Luckily he didn't

have any problems adjusting to it at all. I love it because the

bedroom is quiet again--it's not very romantic, but at this stage in

our lives, sleep is more important anyway! ;-)

 

My brother was recently diagnosed with severe sleep apnea, but it's

been more difficult for him to adjust to sleeping with the CPAP.

They've tried a couple of different things, and hopefully what he's

using now (nasal cushions or pillows or something like that) will

finally make him comfortable with his CPAP too. Sleep apnea is

nothing to fool around with! It can do some real damage to your

heart, and can lead to serious medical problems.

 

If anybody ever figures out who to thank for inventing the CPAP

machine, let me know, I want to send him/her flowers!!!

 

Pam in Gettysburg

 

, " Vickie "

<pinelevelsoapcompany wrote:

 

As soon as it was practical, they got me to a sleep study center

and I have

toa dmit that for the first time in my life, I sleep like a baby.

 

I just love the person who invented the CPAP machine!

 

Vickie

 

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