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Re: First Week on CPAP - Oh What A Feeling!


Posted by Pat on Camano Island, WA on October 21, 1998 at 23:28:04:

In Reply to: First Week on CPAP - Oh What A Feeling! (LONG) posted by Scott Zechiel on October 21, 1998 at 14:35:33:

Scott:

Welcome to Alien Face Hugger Club! I had a similar experience with a doctor last February. I was feeling tired all the time, and having foot problems. He told me to get out and walk.

My condition got worse, and it wasn't until July that friends I was camping with told me that I seemed to be having trouble breathing. By then I was falling asleep while working, while driving, and generally cutting back my daily activities to sheer survival mode. I was working in a distant town for a few weeks, so I found a doctor there, and he arranged for the test to be done in my motel room. I have severe apnea. It took about three weeks to get the CPAP, and another three to adjust to it, but WOW! what a difference!

You may have physical side effects like water retention (swelling ankles), sinus problems, lightheadedness, and a dry throat, but STAY WITH IT! Most of it goes away.

Good Luck!
Pat 10/21/98

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