I stayed overnight for a sleep study last night & my doc just called with results. I stopped breathing 95 times in 1 hour
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What are they going 2 do? A C-pap?

thecloud said:

Did it work?

My dad has really bad sleep apnea too! I remember as a child his snoring seemed like it would make the house shake, and he'd wake up choking sometimes

I really wish he'd get it treated, but he's a bit in denial about it

I have no idea if I snore or not, but if I do I hope I find out so I can get it treated.

Kudos to you for going to a doctor

I stayed the night with a guy one time and I didn't sleep the entire night because he would stop breathing completely and I thought he would die!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Damn you should have taken it easier on him.

weused2luvhim said:

They usually don't survive

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Do you have some kind of sleep disorder?

PANDURITO said:

I have.... hello Pandurito; i missed you

ingamilo said:

our portuguese orger! how are you?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

well thank you!!! and you? how do you pass?
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ingamilo said:

how do I pass. Pandy, translation please!

I'm great! I hope you are doing better

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

yes; obrigado much better; I am going sleeping less badly; and I always feed, always with bean; I am in shape

I have sleep apnea as well. In my sleep study, I stopped breathing 60-65 times.

I believe my son used to have it but he's grown out of it.

thekidsgirl said:

Ron snores the way your dad did.

I really want him to go get it checked out.

And yes, kudos, Cloud, for going to the doc about it!

johnart said:

Thanks I have 3-yr twin boys whom I have 2 be here for as well as my wife. Putting it off was going to end up with either death or me killing someone by falling asleep at the helm of a 29 ton streetcar!!!!

Vendetta1 said:

What did they do to help treat it? I have sleep apnea too. If I lay on my back, I stop breathing. Then I struggle to breathe. It's awful. I would do the sleep study thing, but I don't sleep well when I'm not in my own bed. So the test would probably not be conclusive.

My son had severe sleep apnea when he was a little boy (that's him pictured in my avatar, with a Prince costume on ). For many years it scared me to death, the doctors finally recommended surgery. He had surgery when he was 4 years old, they removed all of his adenoids (spell?) and tonsils, and he has never had the problem again.

my tonsillectomy and shrinking of the interior walls of my nose helped my sleep apnea, but I never went for my post op sleep study due to losing insurance. I'm sure I probably still need a cpap, but again....no insurance.

psychodelicide said:

I'm on a CPAP machine.

Vendetta1 said:

Ah. I've heard of those machines. I need to google it.

I've always wanted to start this thread but never have. I've got apnea and should probably get a study done. I really don't wanna wear a cpap all night - I wonder if losing some weight would help..

Wow. Given the responses here, I am SHOCKED at how prevalent sleep apnea is. I never, ever knew!

I talked to hubby tonight. He's gonna get checked out.
I just forwarded him the link to our local Sleep Centers.

Is sleep apnea always accompanied by loud snoring? I know some folk who breath so shallowly in their sleep, I could swear they're going to stop altogether.

Vendetta1 said:

is it uncomfortable? can you move around freely or...?

JerseyKRS said:

I'm up and reading the Org right now, in part because of your sleep apnea.



It can be really scary sleeping next to a partner who has it. Sometimes it sounds like he's choking, and I want to wake him up. The way it sounds sometimes, it seems as if there's no way he's getting enough air. Tonight I laid awake, unable to go back to sleep because it makes me so nervous. But he also has terrible insomnia, so when he does actually sleep I'm afraid to wake him up because it might be the only sleep he's had all week.

questionofu said:

i had it when i was 7 years old, and had the same operation, and have been great since!