Sleep apnea sucks

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  • June 12, 2020 at 3:46 pm #116439
    Mackeyser
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    So…some news. Got a call from the sleep clinic with the results. A person is considered to have sleep apnea if they stop breathing 5 times an hour. Which is a lot.

    Welp… turns out I stop breathing FORTY EIGHT times an hour… which is why I’m exhausted all the time. I’m trying to figure out how that’s even possible, but it explains the nightmares, especially when I sleep on my back. Seems my brain is trying to wake me up… go figure…

    So it seems that I’m never getting REM sleep. Anyway, I’ve been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea and the VA is sending me a high end sleep apnea machine which I should get all the pieces including hoses and a larger mask within the next few weeks. But yeah…

    The CPAP machine I used during the sleep test was whisper quiet, but I’m going to be getting an APAP machine which varies the pressure depending on what I need. the CPAP machine my dad had sounded like a chainsaw, but it may have had oxygen…I dunno.

    Who knows? I may actually get a full night’s sleep for the first time in…I honestly don’t know…

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    June 12, 2020 at 4:27 pm #116440
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    Well good luck old friend and let us know how it goes!

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