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THE NASAL PILLOWS HAVE ENTERED THE BUILDING (& other news)


Posted by Lisa O. (Gig Harbor, WA) on September 25, 1998 at 22:28:55:

Got my nasal pillows today!!!! Really looking forward to sleeping late tomorrow!!!!!!

Also, I am back on Imiprimine--this time the diagnosis is fatigue, not depression. And the dose is *much* lower.

Best news of all is that the neurologist I see agrees that 15 years chronic back pain is a long time and has said that in 6 weeks if my back still hurts (and I know it will) after starting the Imiprimine (didn't help last time) that she will do some tests to see if there is a pinched nerve or two in there. Involves needles and stuff and I absolutely don't care how much it hurts if it means my back *finally* **finally** gets treated. What she didn't do was try and tell me I needed more chiropractic (again) or more physical therapy (again). Oh, I am so thankful!

And my boss okay'd a great chair at work which no doubt will help, too!

I cleaned both my bathrooms tonight and kept looking for the areas I thought I must have missed because I wasn't too tired to function when I finished. I think it is time to officially admit the CPAP is working--just veeerrrryy sllloowwwlllyyy...

What I have discovered is that my husband is having some major apnea. I kinda thought it might be occurring but I was too tired to really monitor his breathing. He has always snored so loud, I have slept w/ earplugs for 15 years (really!). He is only moderately overweight, not enough to concern the doctor even, but has had similar symptoms even when quite slim. His nose has always been really messed up. Now I see how labored his breathing is: He chokes, snorts, gasps, uses the potty a lot (it used to be a joke because he is legally blind without his glasses and runs into closed doors and stuff when he gets up). He goes so much at night, the doctor tests him for diabetes every year. I can see the strain on his chest, abdomen, and neck as he tries to breathe at night.

Will he get treatment? In lieu of what I have been doing, one would think so. Our ENT wants to correct his septum (deviated) and trim tissue in his throat. He gave my hubby a 90% on success. Jim is absolutely not going to do CPAP. He is intensely claustrophobic--my set-up gave him nightmares. But he won't have surgery either--he has canceled both the appts I made him and I told him he has to make his own next time.

It is very scary. I am trying to get him to take out life insurance and I hope he will understand it is because of what I know is going to happen to him in the future as his apnea gets worse and he continues to shy away from treatment.

Lisa : )

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