There's a tube that goes into the mask. It hardly interferes at all with anything. It's pretty comfortable, and once you get used to breathing really deep and long, you'll sleep better than ever. This is my second day of restful sleep and I feel like a new person.
You go to the doctor and tell them that you might have sleep apnea (if you have the symptoms, I certainly did. Google sleep apnea for them) and you'd like a test. You'll go to a sleep lab where they hook up about 20 wires to your body and monitor your brain activity and oxygen levels while you rest.
The girl giving me the test told me on the first night that I had some serious snoring going on. The test results showed that I was waking up almost 400 times per night and that my oxygen levels dropped to about 72 percent. After the test last night, she told me that my oxygen levels were up to 100%. Which is why I feel like a new person. I have lots of energy today, I can sit and progam without it boring me to death. It's renewed the love of my job, on which I was getting really burnt out, but now it's great. And all this after two nights.
- Matt Small
----- Original Message -----
From: Earl, George
To: CF-Community
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:26 AM
Subject: RE: Sleep Apnea
Brian said:
> A CPAP Stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. The
> idea is to pass higher pressured air through to your lungs so
> that it removes the obstruction. It does work, but some
> people have a hard time wearing the mask, or the noise. You
> get used to the noise after a while, and that also goes for
> others that hear it, not just me.
Is it so loud that you can't hear a clock radio set to a reasonable volume?
Is it a whish kind of noise or a rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr kind of noise? Does it
interfere with sleeping on your side? On your stomach? Are there wires/tubes
that get in the way that you can get yourself all tangled up in during the
night? (See's himself pulling the plug out of the wall while rolling over .
. .)
> I have worn a CPAP for 8 1/2 years, and I would never go back
> to my life without it. I was almost like a zombie before I
> got mine.
I've been a zombie ever since I got off caffeine. I thought maybe I had
blood sugar issues but that tests out fine. Now I'm wondering if maybe I
need to look into this . . .
What is involved in finding out if one of these things will help you? Do you
go to your regular doctor? What kinds of tests do they do?
Sorry for all the questions . . .
George
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