What mask do you use? Do you have enough fingers to tighten straps after
mask moves?
I put a o ring on strap to unvelcro strap to get mask off incase
emergency phone call is needed.
My mask moves and air blows on my eye. Then I cannot get mask to fit
back on face.
I do wish there was a pill for sleep apnea. It is slowly harming my heart.
Derrick
My houses electric front door opener broke, my wheelchair joystick has a
short and my vans ramp is not working. I think God is telling me to
hibernate. U think? Actually been nice weather since blizzard.
On 2/1/2016 3:22 PM, Quad Dude wrote:
Gail,
If your health insurance will cover it, I highly recommend having the
sleep study done. I had similar symptoms to yours 10 or more years ago
and a sleep study revealed I had severe sleep apnea. I was prescribed
a BiPAP machine and I have used it faithfully every night since I got
it. The results were overwhelmingly positive. I can't imagine going a
night without it. It's my understanding that sleep apnea is very
common in quads, especially high injury levels. At the very least a
sleep study would confirm or rule this out.
Best of luck to you…
Steve - C4, 27 years
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Gail Overton <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
For the past 3 months I cannot sleep at night. I’m wide awake at
10 pm and simply can’t sleep. Stopped taking sleeping pills
altogether because they work for about a week and then stop
working. I cannot get comfortable, have anxiety, but then during
the day I am frequently tired and falling asleep in therapy. My
caregiver is about ready to put me in a home. Doctor has suggested
a sleep study. Has anyone else experienced this with quadriplegia?
I am an incomplete C3 nearly two years post-injury.
