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Wed Feb-17-10 07:35 PM
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| 84. the nightmares were the worst part. |
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dreams of being attacked, hitting as hard as i could, and having it bounce off. or dreams of my husband walking away, crying, screaming, hanging on by me fingernails.
all very weird.
now i just have lots of interesting dreams.
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| -Everything You (Never Knew You) Wanted to Know About Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) |
McCamy Taylor |
Feb-16-10 11:50 PM |
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Everybody snores. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:01 AM |
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Actually ,lots of people can sleep on their backs without snoring or having apnea. |
McCamy Taylor |
Feb-17-10 12:12 AM |
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Good advice, McCamy Taylor. n/t |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 12:20 AM |
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Sure they can. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:35 AM |
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For any kind of surgery now, including dental, I make sure they understand I have apnea... |
Hekate |
Feb-17-10 05:52 AM |
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i forgot to tell them when i had a colonoscopy..... BOY WERE THEY PISSED WHEN I QUIT BREATHING!!!! |
happygoluckytoyou |
Feb-17-10 10:41 AM |
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LOL I'll bet they were! For the colonoscopy and dental surgery both I made sure they knew... |
Hekate |
Feb-17-10 10:57 AM |
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Better yet, get evaluated for Sleep Apnea nt |
goclark |
Feb-17-10 11:25 AM |
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"Another fake disease" -- another ignorant post. |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 12:18 AM |
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If any of this were true, |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:25 AM |
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We DO have huge numbers of people dying of heart disease, |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 12:44 AM |
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But not snoring. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:49 AM |
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Twenty seconds, 60 times an hour results in low oxygen levels for hours through the night -- |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 12:58 AM |
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He was fine. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 01:02 AM |
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He doesn't think he was fine -- not since he knows what it feels like |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 01:05 AM |
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LOL well now you've scared him to bits, probably not. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 01:11 AM |
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Nope, I can hear you snore all the way from here. |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 01:31 AM |
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oh, snap!:) |
freeplessinseattle |
Feb-17-10 02:11 AM |
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mom stopped breathing 200 times an hour all night. But I doubt that |
roguevalley |
Feb-17-10 07:03 AM |
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Plus some people never get enough REM sleep... |
JuniperLea |
Feb-17-10 07:01 PM |
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Sleep Apnea and snoring are 2 separate things |
MiniMe |
Feb-17-10 11:55 AM |
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they aren't dying in their sleep |
Kali |
Feb-17-10 01:02 AM |
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People don't die from lack of sleep either. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 01:03 AM |
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you appear to be either willfully ignorant or just |
Kali |
Feb-17-10 01:35 AM |
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I used to doze off while driving. Could have killed me AND my kids. Used to fall asleep at work... |
Hekate |
Feb-17-10 06:01 AM |
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data, dr. heresy, and not the stuff you're pulling from your butt. you |
roguevalley |
Feb-17-10 07:04 AM |
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Your rudeness is surpassed only by your egotistical and ignorant proclamations. |
HCE SuiGeneris |
Feb-17-10 10:32 PM |
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K and R again and again and again |
goclark |
Feb-17-10 11:32 AM |
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"dying in their sleep"? dude, actually read at least some |
freeplessinseattle |
Feb-17-10 02:07 AM |
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Why are you giving bad medical advice on DU? |
noamnety |
Feb-17-10 05:51 AM |
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where's the data to back up your opinions. opinions are not facts. |
roguevalley |
Feb-17-10 07:02 AM |
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Perhaps it's possible to die in your sleep |
Chemisse |
Feb-17-10 06:34 PM |
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My grades went from barely passing to all As after my tonsils came out. |
McCamy Taylor |
Feb-17-10 12:27 AM |
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Infected tonsils have nothing to do with it. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:31 AM |
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Yes, antibiotics are good for infected tonsils. But the tonsils often remain |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 12:48 AM |
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So have a tonsillectomy. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:50 AM |
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The snoring is a SYMPTOM. You don't have the tonsillectomy or use a CPAP |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 12:53 AM |
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Snoring just means you're relaxed |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:55 AM |
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And you were old enough to remember how great it felt. |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 12:49 AM |
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+ 100 and K for your wisdom |
goclark |
Feb-17-10 11:30 AM |
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Agreed |
Mithreal |
Feb-17-10 12:59 PM |
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We were lucky with our little girl because at the time |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 05:40 PM |
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Thanks for the information and I'm so glad to learn |
goclark |
Feb-17-10 10:04 PM |
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I don't know what the current thinking is about tonsil and adenoid removal |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 10:56 PM |
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I have a visit to my dr. in a few days ~ I'll ask Txs nt |
goclark |
Feb-18-10 08:39 AM |
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This condition involves more than snoring. It involves a |
truedelphi |
Feb-17-10 12:20 AM |
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Hokum. |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:29 AM |
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sad. |
roguevalley |
Feb-17-10 07:06 AM |
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Why do you hate medical science? |
Mithreal |
Feb-17-10 03:04 PM |
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Great. Another poster who makes ridiculous contrary statements to get attention |
Chemisse |
Feb-17-10 06:37 PM |
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my mother had sleep apnea and was tested in a lab. she was found |
roguevalley |
Feb-17-10 07:00 AM |
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Thank you for your wisdom and your ability to address the issue |
goclark |
Feb-17-10 01:35 PM |
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I don't know, honey, but I will never forget my mother's suffering. |
roguevalley |
Feb-17-10 03:57 PM |
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Sorry to hear about that, RV. Hopefully the OP will help someone else. n/t |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 05:42 PM |
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I have a sleep machine and I never lied on my back |
goclark |
Feb-17-10 11:10 AM |
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Hey, I call mine a 'sleep machine' too |
Chemisse |
Feb-17-10 06:45 PM |
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I'm still learning to use it but I am so grateful to be able |
goclark |
Feb-17-10 09:17 PM |
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I can't go without mine now |
Chemisse |
Feb-18-10 06:06 PM |
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I was doing pretty good on mine and |
goclark |
Feb-18-10 10:10 PM |
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Wow thanks |
lizerdbits |
Feb-17-10 11:14 AM |
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Interesting response Heresy |
Fluothane |
Feb-17-10 07:00 PM |
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Welcome to DU, Fluothane, and thank you for a very informative post! +1000. |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 11:09 PM |
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Eye-opening post! |
Fridays Child |
Feb-17-10 12:02 AM |
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CPAP |
medeak |
Feb-17-10 12:04 AM |
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Name removed |
Feb-17-10 12:08 AM |
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Sleeping on an incline also is important |
Juche |
Feb-17-10 12:19 AM |
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Gargling with salt water is an old remedy |
HeresyLives |
Feb-17-10 12:33 AM |
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valuable post |
lazarus |
Feb-17-10 12:45 AM |
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Glad you got the help you needed. |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 01:01 AM |
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she's got a mild case |
lazarus |
Feb-17-10 01:40 AM |
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Grandmother, mother and I have it. Diagnosis and treatment saved my life. |
Mithreal |
Feb-17-10 03:16 AM |
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good post but |
Kali |
Feb-17-10 12:58 AM |
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McCamy, add Neti pots for sinus problems and to possibly replace antihistamines |
Mithreal |
Feb-17-10 02:20 AM |
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Kick, Rec, Bookmark to read later. I have severe apnea and have used a CPAP for 5 years |
Hekate |
Feb-17-10 05:42 AM |
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How did you sleep with that friggin' thing on? |
Dr.Phool |
Feb-17-10 07:25 AM |
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lots of people swear by the nasal pad "masks" |
Kali |
Feb-17-10 09:59 AM |
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One thing was I had to have the warmth on the humidifier adjusted because condensation... |
Hekate |
Feb-17-10 10:51 AM |
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I have a heated hose, it takes care of the condensation problem |
MiniMe |
Feb-17-10 11:41 AM |
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Oh ho -- thanks for the tip! Our bedroom gets very cold overnight in winter... |
Hekate |
Feb-17-10 12:08 PM |
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Here is where I got it from |
MiniMe |
Feb-17-10 12:16 PM |
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What a great idea! I also have that problem nt |
Chemisse |
Feb-17-10 06:41 PM |
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The heated hose makes a big difference |
MiniMe |
Feb-17-10 08:15 PM |
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CPAP saved my life, my career, and my marriage |
Fiendish Thingy |
Feb-17-10 08:40 AM |
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Thank you for this report! |
earcandle |
Feb-17-10 09:26 AM |
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My SO has OSA |
supernova |
Feb-17-10 10:25 AM |
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What's The Reason For The Numbers Of People With OSA Doubling?..... |
global1 |
Feb-17-10 11:01 AM |
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obesity is part |
Kali |
Feb-17-10 11:56 AM |
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It can be a vicious cycle, too. Apnea causes a cascade which |
hedgehog |
Feb-17-10 07:43 PM |
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May I recommend a good book on the subject? |
hedgehog |
Feb-17-10 04:51 PM |
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I Take It You Are Using A CPAP Machine...... |
global1 |
Feb-17-10 06:59 PM |
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machines are pretty portable |
mopinko |
Feb-17-10 07:33 PM |
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Here's what happened for me: First I had a sleep test |
hedgehog |
Feb-17-10 07:33 PM |
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this is kind of an amalgamation of two previous posts on the subject |
Kali |
Feb-17-10 10:13 PM |
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global1, my husband only went for the sleep study because I asked him to, |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 11:02 PM |
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Thank you for the recommendation. |
PADemD |
Feb-23-10 07:48 PM |
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Some are children and some of those cases were probably avoided in the days |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 05:46 PM |
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Routine tonsillectomies went out about the time the |
hedgehog |
Feb-17-10 07:41 PM |
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Particularly in view of the fact that over-tired children |
pnwmom |
Feb-17-10 07:57 PM |
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the nightmares were the worst part. |
mopinko |
Feb-17-10 07:35 PM |
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Thanks for posting this |
Hydra |
Feb-17-10 09:29 PM |
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Thank you for posting this. |
PADemD |
Feb-23-10 08:05 PM |
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