It isn't that awful when you consider our reduced lung capacity; among norms, 1 in 4 are suspected of having severe sleep disorders. Sure beats oxygen and all other treatments I've had. I feel incredibly healthier getting a good nights sleep every night. john
________________________________ From: Larry Willis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:24 PM Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] pneunomia Wow, John, is this something we all have to look forward to? I've said it before, quad life is a bitch, and as we age it just grows uglier. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: [email protected] >From: "John S." <[email protected]> >Date: May 24, 2012 12:50:26 EDT >To: quad-list <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] pneunomia >Reply-To: "John S." <[email protected]> > > I was diagnosed with COPD a few years ago with the same problems I have heard described here. I had accepted that as an old quad it was natural that I only got a few hours sleep a night and I often needed my emergency inhaler. Last year I had surgery for a colostomy and a supra-pubic catheter. I spent three days intabated on a vent. The doctor insisted I go for a sleep study. It is a new world. I stopped breathing 93 times per hour. With a bi-pap machine I sleep 7 1/2 to 10 hours per night. No more rescue inhaler. I was told this is common among quads. >I hope this helps some of you. >bext wishes, >john > > > >________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:23 PM >Subject: [QUAD-L] pneunomia > > >Good afternoon everybody, > >I'd just returning from the resort that I visited for the past three years. It seems I've had standing reservations within two weeks of a May 1. Funny, they can't diagnose me as bronchitis, pneumonia, or maybe even athletes foot. > >Seriously, for the past three years I needed to be transported to the hospital because of shortness of breath. In 2011 and 2012, both times were preceded by not being able to sleep. I tried everything to sleep except for prescription, within an hour and a half I was wide awake. > >In 2011 and 2012 I did not have a fever, then bang, a fever would start and within three days I was in the hospital. In 2011 I stopped breathing, but in 2012 just felt very short of breath and it scared the hell out of me. I was not having any physical symptoms other than not sleeping. On Saturday morning I was breathing fine, ran some errands, what flowers in a greenhouse, and by the end of the day my throat was sore from drainage of the nasal cavities. > >My question: does anything sound familiar? > >Glenn Henry > > > >
