Teacher Terry
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I felt better within a week. We went camping & I did not have it for 2 nites & felt terrible. I have used it for about 3 years now.
I wanted the least invasive possible and that seems to be the nose pillows. I'll certainly know more after a couple of nights.
How long did it take for you to feel better? I've heard that some people feel the difference after the first night.
Better upshot: My apnea ... was being cause by... wait for it..... excessive exercise.
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That's interesting - I work out 4 days a week, and have noticed certain men who seemingly work out 7 days a week (since no matter what day I go, they are always there). These are the ones with no body fat, who do the funky push-ups that wander all over the floor, repeatedly slam a medicine ball on the floor as hard and loud as possible, hang upside down on the pullup bars, wear triathlete T-shirts, etc. To a man, they look angry and grim, unlike the rest of us who crack a smile now and then. They are ferociously healthy and strong, yet I wonder how well they feel.
One particularly personality-challenged fellow wears a T-shirt saying "Train like it's your last day" with a picture of the Grim Reaper on it. If it really was your last day, what exactly would you be training for? Running away from Satan?
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The guy was pumping iron furiously and lifting tremendous amounts of weight. My friend said to him: "Some day I hope to be able to do that." The other guy said: "Some day I hope I won't have to."
Some years ago doc suggested I may have sleep apnea. Went for a sleep lab. A horrible experience.
The various gizmos put on me were really annoying to my senses ans sensibilities. I tried to sleep, the place was noisy. Smelled bad, like to much cleaning fluids in everything. I kept pushing the pulse monitor off my finger as it was pinching annoyingly. The nurse kept coming in to put it back on.
Then they turned on the air pump. The awful racket it made sure made it impossible to fall asleep. After an hour or so of this garbage, i got up took off all the crap, called DW to come get me.
My guess is that anyone who can go to sleep in a miserable environment like that is either fully exhausted or is a real deep sleeper.
I was outta there.
I know someone that had the surgery & after a few years still had to use the CPAP machine. My doc said that I could have the surgery but would still need the machine. I think it really varies but have heard that after the surgery it is really painful for a long time.
Mixed results with machine so far.. 16.5 two nights ago, 1.9 last night... (AHI)
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My Dr. said around 4 is the norm. I checked my numbers this morning for the past 148 days that I have had the machine. Average AHI during the span is 2.4. Average hours used a day 7.7 ( I enjoy retirement).
I also use a chin strap.
BTW, I would never consider surgery, personally. Maybe lap-band surgery, but no cutting stuff out of my head.
I have the full face mask and not only did we have to give up spooning but we had to put a big body pillow between us standing up because I was blowing cold air on his neck. However, he is happy that he can finally sleep without me sounding like a dying cow)
Last night I couldn't bear the nose pillows for more than 2 hours, so I pulled it off.
It is well worth getting a selection of masks and nose pillows in different sizes and harnesses so you can change once in a while. .