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w00t w00t officially diagnosed with "severe" sleep apnea

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So will you have to have surgery or something at some point?

Sucks man.

KT
 
My Dad has sleep apnea. He wakes up ~61 times an hour or so. He hasn't gotten his CPAP machine yet though. But he used one while he was in the hospital from a stroke due to his apnea and he said it made worlds of difference actually sleeping all night.

Good Luck with your apnea
 
I was diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea two years ago, and got a CPAP machine. Similar to you, I am not overweight, and my father had severe snoring issues. It really made a big difference in my sleep quality. I was waking up feeling tired all the time, like I barely slept, and after getting used to sleeping with the machine, I started waking up feeling refreshed. Instead of falling asleep all the time, I suddenly had energy to get through the day. Almost a night and day difference. For you, having a more severe case, the difference might be even more dramatic.

The CPAP machine I have comes with a humidifier built into it. There is a removable plastic reservoir, that according the manual can only be filled with distilled water. The only thing that scares me is the cost of a new one if this one breaks down, which I'm sure it eventually will. Insurance covered most of the cost of this one. I don't know if I will be as lucky next time, and they are not cheap.
 
geecee said:
I was diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea two years ago, and got a CPAP machine. Similar to you, I am not overweight, and my father had severe snoring issues. It really made a big difference in my sleep quality. I was waking up feeling tired all the time, like I barely slept, and after getting used to sleeping with the machine, I started waking up feeling refreshed. Instead of falling asleep all the time, I suddenly had energy to get through the day. Almost a night and day difference. For you, having a more severe case, the difference might be even more dramatic.

The CPAP machine I have comes with a humidifier built into it. There is a removable plastic reservoir, that according the manual can only be filled with distilled water. The only thing that scares me is the cost of a new one if this one breaks down, which I'm sure it eventually will. Insurance covered most of the cost of this one. I don't know if I will be as lucky next time, and they are not cheap.
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Thanks for the post. Evidently I'm fairly lucky that I went in and had this diagnosed while I'm young.
 
damn you for making our future healthcare costs skyrocket even more... keeping unhealthy humans on the planet will be the death of us...


/sarcasm

Good thing you got this diagnosed early... best of luck.
 
my dad has never had more than like 2% body fat his whole life and he had apnea... so i dont think its always weight related. he opted for the surgery a few years ago. he was only on the machine for like a little over a year before he got tired of it.
 
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