Not what I expected

Oct 16, 2009 22:12

I have sleep apnea.

sleeping, dsps, sleep, sleep apnea, sleeping disorder

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victoria7 October 17 2009, 05:36:42 UTC
I, too, have the sleep apnea. :-(

Do you know how many arousals you're having per hour? Did you get titrated for a CPAP? What are your numbers? How low did your oxygen go?

You will be amazed at the changes in your body and your life when you start with the treatment!

Do you have any questions?

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zellandyne October 17 2009, 05:44:15 UTC
You rock :)

I'm having 24 arousals an hour, my oxygen saturation seems to stay around 90%. Didn't get titrated for a CPAP. Apparently it took 6 hours before I hit REM sleep, and I only had 26 minutes of REM.

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victoria7 October 17 2009, 05:49:13 UTC
Those are pretty good numbers...

Do you have muscle pain? Because, for me, the hardest part of the sleep apnea was crazy muscle pain. Massage was the only thing that helped. Oh! and real, live sleep, of course!

What are they suggesting for treatment?

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zellandyne October 17 2009, 08:18:06 UTC
I have some RSI from mouse use, but otherwise not much muscle pain.

No suggestions for treatments yet. I just received the summary of my sleep study in the mail, which said I have "moderate obstructive sleep apnea" and recommended follow up. Which I already have scheduled for two weeks from now.

You're on a CPAP? And you like it? Navarre used to use a CPAP before his surgery, and he said he had issues tolerating it.

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johnnyeponymous October 17 2009, 05:38:36 UTC
One of us, One of us, We accept you, we accept you, one of us!

My life has generally improved since I started the CPAP program. As much as I hate hospitals, I'm so glad I went and got the tests and everything
Chris

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nasu_dengaku October 17 2009, 05:42:24 UTC
How bad is it? What's your AHI? (Apnea/hypopnea index)

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zellandyne October 17 2009, 08:14:47 UTC
Moderate. The index is 24.

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nasu_dengaku October 17 2009, 08:40:51 UTC
Oh wow... that's like the upper end of moderate. Probably high enough that things like CPAP would be more good than bad.

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mrissa October 17 2009, 11:42:32 UTC
That is something they have some ideas on how to handle. While I know we're not jumping for joy that you have sleep apnea, a sleep disorder they might could have ideas how to handle is better than one that leaves them clueless.

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zellandyne October 17 2009, 17:58:11 UTC
Agreed.

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weiskind October 17 2009, 15:24:30 UTC
Hooray for information! Information is power!

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zellandyne October 17 2009, 17:58:35 UTC
*grin* Exactly!

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