Sleep clinic

Been using a bi-pap machine for four years. (It has air flow going both ways; blows in when I'm not breathing out and doesn't blow in when I exhale.) It's a pain in the ass at times but I sleep great and I no longer snore. And people told me I snored louder than anyone they ever heard before. I had 200 apneas in two hours before the guy diagnosed me on the spot and put me on the machine that night. They'll hook a bunch of wires to you and then test you. No big deal. But if you think you have it, definitely get it done. It can kill you if you don't take care of it and if you do have it, the machine will change your life. Good luck. Feel free to PM me if you have any more questions.

 

I'll bet $$ my hubby has your old snore beat, especially when he's been drinking. I can clearly hear him even if I'm downstairs with the TV on.

 

i spent a night in a sleep clinic about three years ago. insurance paid for it.

unfortunately i barely slept because i was anxious about it.

fortunately i have no apnea or anything else.

unfortunately, i just can't fucking sleep. fortunately, nothing's wrong with me. unfortunately this means they can't do shit to help me sleep (besides sleeping pills, which lose their effectiveness after a while so are only good for occasional use).

 

In the past 10 years I didn't have a better night of sleep... and that includes being woken up to readjust the electrodes.

Then I was given a breathing machine dailed to 19, one short of the maximum. And, that doesn't help me one bit.

What a waste of money.

 

My insurance pre-approval paperwork got hung up somewhere along the line.

So, I'll be sleeping at home tonight.

We'll try again in a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, if I die of this condition my wife should have a great lawsuit.

Zzzzzzzz ...

 

Not to threadjack, HH, but I work with two guys over 50 who in 2005 participated in a clinical research study of some new Viagra/Cialis-type drug being developed for the dreaded ED.

Half the group got the drug, the other half got a placebo. They were each paid $243 every time they rubbed one out for a "sample" ... and were provided porn DVDs to speed up the process.

One guy said he paid for a semester of college for his kid with the proceeds ($2,400-plus). The other, a bachelor, proclaimed himself a "professional masturbator" but has since renounced his pro status and returned to the amateur ranks since the study concluded.

Now, back to the sleep apnea thread ...

 

Believe it or not, my machine died about 6 this morning. And I'm in Europe. Hopefully it has something to do with the different power currents. It got louder and louder every night. (Yes, I'm using an adapter.) Head home tomorrow but I'm not looking forward to traveling all day on little or no sleep. And for the record, the sleep apnea test was about $2,800. Fortunately, insurance covered all but about $200.

 

Got the test last night.

Not news, exactly, that I have sleep apnea.

The doc said I had 15-to-20 episodes an hour, which he ranked as "moderate."

We'll go back in two weeks to test with the mask.

I had a devil of a time getting to sleep to begin with. Being all wired up didn't bother me so much, but I just couldn't get comfortable with the thing they clip to your nose.

When I finally got to sleep, they woke me because the nose thing was out of position or whatever.

The only really good sleep I got all night was the last 45 minutes before they woke me up, the tech said.

Figures.

 

I was having the same problem, HH, before my recent weight loss. That really seemed to clear things up for the most part.

 

Well, goodness knows that would be good for me, too.

I'm hoping that getting a good night's sleep will give me the energy to get back on an exercise program that doesn't involve 12-ounce curls.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

Are you using an adapter or converter? An adapter just makes it so you can plug it in, a converter changes the electricity.

 

Back says it's a "dual converter." Has about five different plugs for different countries.