Sleep machine day!

Apr 16, 2007 21:49

Scott finally got his sleep machine today.  It's actually called a bi-pap, but sleep machine sounds nicer ( Read more... )

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catgirlpink April 17 2007, 13:13:44 UTC
Eeeyi, sounds horribly expensive. I don't think I'd be able to do it. Man, insurance coverages just aren't good enough. I wonder why.

Well, hope it helps. I keep seeing people on TV who can't believe how much better their quality of life got after they got those machines. Maybe Scott will even start feeling really great, and actually wanna do social stuff, and then we could see you again before you move. >^_^< Hey, are you gonna come out for Beltane? It's on Sunday, April 29th. We're going to try and have as big a bonfire as we can manage this year. Try and get back to how bonfires used to be done, before our days there. >^_^<

I remember what it sounds like when my Dad is sleeping. I'm sure he has some form of sleep apnea. Sometimes I wonder how he does as much as he does. I think he just has a lot of drive of will. I don't have that much. Sometimes I used to worry that maybe I'm always tired because I have some mild form of it too, since I seem to sleep plenty (I have enough trouble breathing when I'm awake, actually.). I don't know how I'd find out though. I can't afford a test, and I'm sure it'd be really really mild, if it was even there. Have you run across anything that would help for/tell if you had it mildly?

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catgirlpink April 17 2007, 15:24:25 UTC
It is expensive, hence my new job.
The best clue to if you have it or not is to have someone observe you sleeping. If you stop breathing, and then gasp for breath, many times per hour of sleep, then you have it. If you are know to snore loudly that is a clue you might have it.
Scott is having trouble with his machine. The air keeps going into his stomach instead of his lungs. I don't know what to do.

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catgirlpink April 17 2007, 16:37:31 UTC
Eee, sounds scary. You better call the sleep specialist doctor about that as soon as you can.

What about the additional "sleep test to find the right machine and the right settings and the right mask to help him" you mentioned? Did they screw something up?

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