Posted by sleepy-in-seattle on October 06, 2005 at 08:02:02:

In Reply to: Driving & Apnea posted by mymisfit on October 05, 2005 at 23:49:58:

Dee:

I commend you on your decision. Driving is seen as a RIGHT (isn't it mentioned in the Constitution?) and yet vehicular injury and even death are a real danger of OSA. All it takes is a second or two at the wrong time.

My sleep doctor told me of a sleep conference he went to in the late nineties. One of the doctors had sleep apnea, was driving to or from the conference, and fell asleep while driving, crashing and dying.

I have talked to some apneics who would pull over and nap when the sleepiness hit them. This takes a lot of willpower and resolve. Most of us would just keep going, "just this once" or "I'm running late today."

Since your sleepiness comes on without warning, you probably wouldn't be safe to use the nap strategy.

It appears that your physiology (recessed jaw) is in the target area for MMA surgery success. IF you have it done, you have a huge chance of complete recovery from apnea. As you know, there are many of us who have been through MMA in the last year over n the Non-CPAP Options forum.

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