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07-21-2016, 06:10 PM | #46 |
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07-21-2016, 06:35 PM | #47 | |
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I didn't want to use a CPAP, so I opted for surgery. The doctor removed my tonsils, adenoids and excess tissue in my throat and mouth. The anesthesiologist asked if I had asthma, which was recently diagnosed and he said "This will cure it!". Unfortunately, everything was worse. When taking care of our youngest while my wife was recovering from cancer, I'd hang out in our playroom on the sofa and would frequently doze off. It freaked me out. That happened for a couple years or until she started preschool. After the awful surgery, I avoided going to the doctor for five years. I finally went last May and the doctor immediately said "I can tell by looking at you that you have sleep apnea". So I had to do two tests because during the first test, I couldn't get comfortable or sleep, prompting them to want to prescribe medicine (I refused). I went back a second time and finally got a machine in late October. I went through four masks before I found one in which I could sleep through the night. Since then, I've felt absolutely amazing. I'm never, ever tired during the day, never doze off and even on six hours of sleep, I have productive days and I'm never tired. It's on of the greatest inventions, ever. |
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07-21-2016, 06:35 PM | #48 |
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07-21-2016, 06:51 PM | #49 | |
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Similar here in how I feel post CPAP. |
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07-21-2016, 07:06 PM | #50 |
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I wonder if I have some sort of sleeping disorder. I'm exhausted every day. I go to bed at night around 9pm -10om and wake up at about 630am. Usually wake up four times a night minimum. Come 1pm, I'm nearly worthless. Tired ALL the time. Been that way for years.
Even as a kid, could never fall asleep, and have been a tired person during the day since grade school.
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07-21-2016, 07:09 PM | #51 | |
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Apnea will cut years, if not decades, off of your life. If you're not getting the proper amount of oxygen when sleeping, your liver, kidneys and most importantly, heart, will work to hard too compensate, leading to any early death. |
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07-21-2016, 07:12 PM | #52 | |
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Similar to me pre-CPAP. I really didn't want to go on it. At the time, I was already sensitive to moving a dialysis machine in, I really didn't want to make my bedroom more like a clinic. Glad I did. I also travel for work. Not wanting to deal with dialysis AND CPAP while traveling, I didn't take it on my first trip. Regretted that. Now it goes where I go. |
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07-21-2016, 07:14 PM | #53 |
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Well shit....lol
I guess I'd better get a doctor. I haven't been to one in probably nearly a decade. Lol. I'm at the point now though, where I'm just straight up exhausted . I need to get to a doc I suppose.
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07-21-2016, 07:14 PM | #54 |
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I will go into the customer lounge at work a couple times a month and take a quick nap at lunch. It doesn't last long as there is manufacturing equipment going on in the background, people talking, doors slamming shut. It can be refreshing, I guess it's more like resting my eye's and getting away from the computer screen.
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07-21-2016, 07:16 PM | #55 | |
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After finding the right mask, I couldn't believe the difference. It's life changing, in my experience, and everyone I know that's done it has said the same thing. Also, you begin to dream again, very vividly. |
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07-21-2016, 07:18 PM | #56 | |
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07-21-2016, 07:21 PM | #57 |
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07-21-2016, 07:24 PM | #58 | |
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Agreed. Once I learned to sleep with it, I started sleeping through the night immediately and felt so much better. |
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07-21-2016, 07:24 PM | #59 |
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Make sure it's an LED/LCD because there's no radiation involved, which can severely damage your eyes over time. If it's not and they won't replace it, spend $99 dollars and get one for the sake of your eyes.
I have two 24" LED's that I look at all day and night without issue. Take care of yourself, Dude! |
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07-21-2016, 10:24 PM | #60 |
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I hate naps. If I take a nap I'm tired the rest of the day and lethargic. Although some may consider my sleeping on certain nights a "nap". Some nights I'll sleep 3.5 hrs and some nights I'll sleep 11 hrs. To those who say you can't catch up on sleep....I don't know about that...after my 11 hour of sleep I feel like a million bucks
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