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Re: Sleep Position Question

Posted by PamC on June 09, 2001 at 08:40:35:

In Reply to: Sleep Position Question posted by Rip on June 09, 2001 at 07:32:49:

While there are people whose apnea disappears when they sleep on a specific side, you do not appear to be one of them. I say this because you still snore on your side, althought it may be less severe. My husband said my snoring was inconsistant, sometimes I would be snoring and other times, I would not. I had trained myself to sleep on my side in hopes of relieving the snoring (HA HA HA). It turns out that I had AHI of 32 and would stop breathing for as much as 66 seconds. I never remember gasping for breath, nor did my husband notice it. I think the times I was not snoring was when I was not breathing, only he did not realize that.

I was tested sleeping on my side and on my back, which at that time was agony since I was not used to it. They usually try to test on your back for at least part of the test because this is usually the worst case scenerio and titration on your back would give you a pressure that would accomodate any position. While it would have been nice to have the data from sleeping on your side to support your need for CPAP, I don't think it would make much difference in the final outcome, since you still snore on your side.

PamC

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