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I had a thread earlier on sleep apnea. Long story short, I'm not that old and not in horrible shape, but I've got severe apnea.
I couldn't do the on-prem sleep study because of the covid bullshit, but my o2 levels from an at-home oximeter test were bad enough while sleeping for them to simply send me home with an "insurance approved" o2 contraption. it confirmed that my sleep o2 levels were really bad, so they skipped waiting for the on-prem sleep study and ordered a cpap. I've had it for about a month now. I still fight it a little a night. Not that I'm aware I do, but I started out with a nasal pillow and I think when I get into deep sleep I sometimes still try to breath out my mouth. So with that thing shoveling air down my windpipe, when I apparently try to breathe through my mouth, it doesn't work so well. My o2 levels look much better now, although you can clearly see the times when I try to breathe through my mouth.
Honestly, if you haven't done so, I would say get an appt with a good respiratory clinic, and/or get a referral to a pulmonologist. The cpap was kind of pricey, but I feel quite a bit better already and I'm not nearly as exhausted come late afternoons.
I'm hoping now that I'm patched back up (I had shoulder surgery a while ago, and rehab took forever, just because). But the shoulder is solid again and I can do stuff finally without worry. I'm hoping I can get back to lifting or anything that might burn off 10-20 pounds. I think that will help me a bunch as well.
But I highly recommend seeing a decent sleep center. they could make life a lot better with some pretty simple things actually.
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