Posted by Ladybug on May 22, 1998 at 20:22:08:

In Reply to: Re: Problems with Whisper Swivel? posted by J. Peter Jorgensen on May 18, 1998 at 05:41:17:

Amen! I agree with you that there are a lot worse things in life to deal with and to come to terms with! I, too, had a lot of problems with the seal on my mask, but after my chihuahua chewed mine up for the 2nd time, I decided to try the nasal pillows. They worked wonders for me!

Now I have a more serious problem. Recently I woke one morning to find I was extremely groggy and just couldn't make myself become fully awake! I had enough sense to know that I could not drive myself to work and so had my daughter take me. I was at work about an hour when I got up from my desk and went into my boss' office, sat down, and fell asleep! She tried to wake me and partly succeeded. I told her I needed to call my doctor. She gave me the phone book and phone and I called my doctor, made arrangements to come in and then called my daughter to come pick me up. The weird thing about this is that I do not remember anything past getting up from my desk. The doctor admitted me to the hospital and ran EKG, EEG, MRI, Spinal Tap and various xrays and blood tests. I remember the MRI and the Spinal Tap and a couple of blood tests. I came out of this "fog" around 5:30 - 6:00 pm that same day.

I was in the hospital for 2 days and was diagnosed with "Transient Global Amnesia". All these symptoms have gone away, doctor says it will probably never happen again.

In my job I sometimes run the switchboard and in doing so have learned most of the phone numbers at our business. I was always known as the "walking phone book" at work. No one looked up phone numbers, they just hollered at me. Since this episode I cannot remember any of those numbers. It is that way with "pin" numbers, account numbers, etc. I can however remember numbers I've known for many years.

Today I saw the doctor for a follow up visit and he told me that the memory loss that I am now experiencing is related to my apnea. I've never been told that was a possibility before! He is recommending that I have another sleep study (I just had one in Jan 98). My insurance won't pay for another one this soon!

He also told me about a new machine that is kind of like a CPAP with a "brain". It measures your needed pressure and adjusts to accomodate. There is never a need for another sleep study. It is quite expensive but costs less than the 4 sleep studies combined that I've already had in 3 years time.

I started out with a pressure of 5, increased a year later with 6.5 and now it is 16!

Have any of you ever heard of the amnesia disorder I spoke of or of this new machine?

My only other option is surgery. I want to avoid that if at all possible.

Help!

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