They sent me home with a portable kit and a lot of attachments -
fingertip o2sat sensor, cannula with microphone, etc - plus a recording unit. It all measured my apnea episodes while I slept at home.
bb
> No, it's not very loud at all, at least mine isn't. It does interfere
> a little with sleeping on the side, but not much. I've always slept
> on my side but now I'm now sleeping on my back because the breathing
> is best like that.
>
> 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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