Definitely sounds like sleep apnea. My hubby was diagnosed a few years ago and sleeps some nights with a cpap machine. He really doesn't like it (especially when he's congested) but he knows it will make him feel better. The one incident that finally convinced him to go to the dr. was one night when he woke suddenly and jumped out of bed gasping. He thought I was trying to smother him or something. Scared the you-know-what out of both of us. I don't remember his actual numbers but at the sleep clinic they didn't even keep him on the tester thing for very long because he had SO many non-breathing episodes per minute right off the bat. They immediately put him on the machine and all was great. His uncle also sleeps with one. Good luck at the dr.!
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