Comments | isomeme: Breathing is helpful

isomeme

Breathing is helpful

Sep 29, 2005 13:09

This morning, at long last, I talked to my doctor about my sleep apnea. laurellady (and anyone else I've ever slept with or near) tells me that I snore very, very loudly. I also have obvious apnea episodes, where I go quiet for ten or twenty seconds and then let loose with a strangled gasping snore, often accompanied by a full-body spasm. These happen ( Read more... )

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sossity September 29 2005, 20:59:38 UTC

i dated a guy with sleep apnea, and a cpap unit it quite a romance-reducer at night. but the upside was that a well-rested person is much less grouchy and much more fun to be around.

isomeme September 29 2005, 21:02:03 UTC

Well, I figure I can always take it off should the, ahem, need arise. :)

sossity September 29 2005, 21:21:08 UTC

this is where i say "my, what a big uvula you have" ;)

isomeme September 29 2005, 21:26:23 UTC

Hee! That's my kind of come-on line!

scigeek September 29 2005, 23:50:18 UTC

Please do get some help for this. I lost a good friend to sleep apnea...He was in his mid-twenties. I still miss him. I guess I do mean to scare you because it really is that serious...

isomeme September 29 2005, 23:58:42 UTC

Yow! I'm so sorry about your friend. And yes, "dying" is a bit more worrisome than "waking up grumpy". I promise I'll follow through.

scigeek September 30 2005, 13:25:39 UTC

Good to hear!

christeos_pir September 30 2005, 03:58:43 UTC

Darn that oxygen addiction!

00goddess September 30 2005, 04:01:40 UTC

indigo93 has a CPAP, and it has really changed his life. The first time he used it, he called me the next morning and told me that he had so much energy he felt like he was on SPEED. Good luck with it! There are also surgeries to treat it.