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YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY USA
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| ![]() Thank you everyone for your input. My dh had been doing this for 22 years. He just had knee surgery in Jan and they said he has the heart of an ox. Thank goodness. He is actually looking forward to getting a decent nights sleep. I think I can deal with the noise of the machine. He is at the sleep clinic now. He spent the night there and has had to take "naps" all through the day today. He hates the wires of course and is sooooo bored. He is so used to sleeping on the recliner that he is very uncomfortable on the flat bed. We will see what happens after all is said and done. He really need this to be fixed. He is just so tired all the time. You could be talking to him one minute then the next minute he is out like a light snoring ![]() I will let you guys know how he does when we find out. Thanks
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Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western KS
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Therapy Dog Donating Member | ![]() My husband just got his machine and he is only 45 and I hate it. That machine is loud enough for me to hear even with our ceiling fan on that we are doing separate rooms now and I'm sick about it. We've only been married 7 years and this sucks. He is probably 30 pounds overweight and I keep begging him to lose the weight so we don't need the machine but oh well he would rather take a pill or machine to help him out. Whereas me I would do anything to not take medications or machines. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | ![]() Jmdt - I have horrible insomnia and they finally decided to do a sleep study on me (ugh, I despise sleep studies ![]() So anyway, turns out, I do have it. Luckily, it's mild/moderate. Depending upon the severity and the cause (specifically) of the apnea, another option for apnea is dental appliances - and this is what I use, bc there was no way I'd be able to sleep w/ a CPAP. So, I have the Somnomed MAS Flex. I started using it mid-December. So convenient! I had my follow-up sleep study to test efficacy, and I had 0 apnea events during the study ![]() ![]()
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YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota
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| ![]() My husband and I both have it and it has changed our life. It is wonderful. Tell him to relax and accept his new sleep buddy. It will help his health, your sleep and improve life. |
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Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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| ![]() First, ![]() ![]() John has a type of sleep apnea that requires a special servo or VPap machine. I don't really understand all of it, but it's even more complicated than the regular Cpap machine. He's still getting used to it, and even that was put on hold recently because of problems with his gallbladder/ pancreas. Anyway...the machine is better than his snoring and when I would wake up to make sure he was still breathing. The machine is annoying, but I've found that earplugs help. ![]() It is a little like sleeping with Darth Vader though. ![]() ![]()
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Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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| ![]() Oh and one warning. The pups had a harder time getting used to it than I did. They would bark at him at first when he had his mask on. The nurse also told us to watch out and keep them from messing with the hoses. They are easy to damage
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Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Texas
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Gary says he has to put on his elephant trunk to go to bed! LOL!!!
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YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY USA
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| ![]() Wow this sounds like it's going to be fun!!! ![]()
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Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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| ![]() Don't let us scare you off. You'll find ways to make it work. ![]()
__________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12) ![]() |
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YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY USA
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| ![]() Thanks for the support. I'm sure everything will be fine. This study was way, way overdue!!! I hope it helps him get some rest. We have things do do ya know!!! ![]()
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Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western KS
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Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MD
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| ![]() I am curious about this because I think I suffer from sleep apnea. I am always tired and sometimes I could very easily fall asleep at my desk at work. I was thinking that I could have have narcolepsy? (self-diagnosing). I just get soooo sleepy during the day even if I go to bed at 11 pmish and sleep til 6 a.m. My mil had a cpat machine, I don't think I could do that though. Curious, is it expensive to get testing done and how does one go about it?
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Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX
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| ![]() My husband has a c-pap machine. Sometimes when his allergies are really acting up and he's all stuffy, he can't stand to have the mask on. But when he uses it, he feels great. His test results were really high.... can't remember exactly how many times he stopped breathing but it was so many that they stopped the testing early and gave him the machine for the rest of the night. There have been some really serious times when he stopped breathing for longer than usual and he would wake up and fly out of bed thinking that he was being suffocated. Scares the crap out of everybody when that happens. It does take some getting adjusted to but the feeling of being refreshed after a real nights sleep is well worth it.
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