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Re: CPAP: The key to everything

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Posted by Barrier Breaker on December 08, 2008 at 10:52:13:

In Reply to: CPAP: The key to everything posted by Easy Breather on November 29, 2008 at 14:18:38:

Easy Breather, tremendous news. I can relate to your apnea experience. I am 39 years old and had apnea since the age of 18. I had my sleep study done a few months ago and was diagnosed with severe and obstructive apnea. I was going to the surgery room on October 16, but due to bad weather (I live in Puerto Rico), it was postponed. I'm 5 foot 5 and was weighing about 210 pounds. Now I'm at 191 pounds. A week ago I had hurt my back severely and still today I can't drive to my work, but I can work from home.

Since the weight lose, I stop snoring like a Mack Truck, but since I hurt my back (I got medical attention), the snoring is slowly building up. Not as radical as before, but you can hear it. For three nights I been experimenting insomnia, but a real radical one. Last night I went to bed at 10:00pm at woke up at 12:00 midnight. I was very anxious because I really wanted to sleep. My head wanted to burst, and when I tried to lay down (Upright, because of the back pain), it seems that all my air passages were immediately blocked.

It was coming to this: I was getting scare of the bedroom, I couldn't walk peacefully in my house, I wanted to go out to the streets and just run like a crazy nut. The house was closing all its walls on me. Seems like a movie, but painfully true.

Due to my diagnosis, the sleep clinic recommended a CPAP. But like I said, I was opting for the surgery, but that is one complicated surgery. My tonsils were going to be removed, my uvula striped out and the back part of the ceiling of my mouth was coming out too. What a project! The recuperation time was going to be 15+ days. So I started losing weight and the snoring disappeared. But since the back injury, the snoring is now audible.

The point I want to address is that the CPAP was not an option for me, but after reading your post, I will give it a chance and hopefully be able to get a decent night of rest. Once I purchase it, I will post my experience. If anyone on this forum is experimenting insomnia, know that your are not alone. I'm not giving up, neither should you. Easy breather thanks. God Bless.

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