sleep apnea
Feb. 6th, 2005 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
gimme info.
who here has got it?
what do you do about it?
what's it like if you skip out on whatever treatment you take for it?
did you go to a doctor for it?
what did that cost?
the scoop is what i am asking for you to give me.
give me the scoop.
who here has got it?
what do you do about it?
what's it like if you skip out on whatever treatment you take for it?
did you go to a doctor for it?
what did that cost?
the scoop is what i am asking for you to give me.
give me the scoop.
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Date: 2005-02-07 05:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 05:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 05:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 05:31 am (UTC)I also have a fabulous signing voice. Hmmmm....I always attributed it to the fact that my palate has a higher arch and is pushed up into my nasal cavity, but the adenoid removal may have something to do with it too.
no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-08 12:29 am (UTC)snoring and lack of breathing at night runs in my family. my uncle had his upper pallette removed.
(gettin gboobs pissed me off severely)
ha ha!
the whole ticking time bomb cancer statistics thing scares the shit out of me tho.
does it run in your family, or is it more common with large boobs?
no subject
Date: 2005-02-08 12:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-08 12:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-08 02:12 am (UTC)so little mini-midget people like myself have a major advantage over gigantic tall heavyweight humans.
i have tall person prejudice, so sue me.
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Date: 2005-02-08 02:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 09:18 am (UTC)I went to an allergist just over a year ago, and he started poking around asking questions about me being tired and everything, and we decided that I should be tested for sleep apnea. I dutifully went to the testing place, twice, unaware of what it was going to cost and whether my insurance would pay for it. Two sleep studies later, I got the bill - 4200 for both. It was determined that I do have sleep apnea, and I was given a prescription for a CPAP machine.
A year later, I still struggle with wearing it each night - even with a heated humidifier, it dries out my sinuses and when the pressure peaks it keeps me awake, but I still try to wear it because of the possible complications caused by the apnea.
I've heard worst-case scenarios that involve surgery where they remove a big chunk of the back of your tongue (the part that's down in your throat) - because the main cause of apnea is your tongue relaxing back and cutting off airflow.
no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 09:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-08 12:37 am (UTC)Two sleep studies later, I got the bill - 4200 for both.
JEEBUS McJEEBUS!!
that article you linked to is interesting.
i don't think i have any kind of obstruction, i just fail to breathe.
i guess i'd self-diagnose as having the "central" variant.
Untreated, sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease, memory problems, weight gain, impotency, and headaches.
memory problems and headaches like crazy.
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Date: 2005-02-07 01:22 pm (UTC)My doctor referred me to a sleep clinic. At first they were worried that it was narcolepsy (since i would seem to doze out every afternoon regardless of the activity), but after the sleep study, they determined it was sleep apnea.
The study itself was interesting. One was just one day 8-5, the other was 5PM-5PM the next day. They hooked a bunch of wires to my head and every hour they made me lie down and take a 30 minute nap. It was weird. Definitely felt like a lab rat, but it was kinda cool.
I have a CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) machine and to be honest, it's annoying sometimes, but mostly it's OK. It keeps me breathing through the night and sleep quality is generally better (seeing's how my breathing stopped an average of 300+ times a night prior to the CPAP).
When i don't wear the machine, i snore loud enough to hear it in the house next door (no, seriously). And that's really not good since the snoring is actually your body catching it's breathe and trying to start breathing again.
I actually need to have the sleep study re-done to make sure that the pressure and everything on the machine is still accurate.
I guess that's not entirely helpful for you, though, eh?
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Date: 2005-02-08 12:42 am (UTC)i'm one of the lucky millions in this country with no health insurance.
hey hooked a bunch of wires to my head and every hour they made me lie down and take a 30 minute nap. It was weird.
i could never do that. i can't sleep on cue.
i was always weirded out when i was young by other kids, when their parents would tell them to take a nap, they'd just suddenly be out cold. not me. telling me to sleep makes me want to be awake even more.
sleep on cue
Date: 2005-02-08 01:55 am (UTC)Re: sleep on cue
Date: 2005-02-08 02:09 am (UTC)Re: sleep on cue
Date: 2005-02-08 02:12 am (UTC)the one I went to is letting us pay them a little (very little) bit each month. I should be done paying them by the time I'm ready for a new hip or something.
Re: sleep on cue
Date: 2005-02-08 02:25 am (UTC)Re: sleep on cue
Date: 2005-02-08 02:32 am (UTC)Re: sleep on cue
Date: 2005-02-08 02:45 am (UTC)