Sleep Apnea and the CPAP

[Piggfoot]

Falling asleep during random daytime hours may not be a laughing matter. Coach Beliema certainly has the body type for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. (OSA)
. I thought my "nodding off" was because I am a burn the candle at both ends person.
A sleep study showed I was having OSA.
A C-Pap machine has saved my live restoring my energy.
If CB is nodding frequently someone should suggest a study for him.

[LRrazorback]

Huh?  What did I miss?

[onebadrubi]

So because you read this is another thread on here you needed to make your own about it?

[jgphillips3]

I would say this is a slightly different take on the issue...not just a regurgitation thread.

[jkstock04]

Great idea for another thread.

[jkstock04]

Then again...why not? It's not like there is any other discussion going on these days. This place has taken a major nosedive.

[HogFansReunited]

Then again...why not? It's not like there is any other discussion going on these days. This place has taken a major nosedive.

[Biggus Piggus]

Falling asleep during random daytime hours may not be a laughing matter. Coach Beliema certainly has the body type for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. (OSA)
. I thought my "nodding off" was because I am a burn the candle at both ends person.
A sleep study showed I was having OSA.
A C-Pap machine has saved my live restoring my energy.
If CB is nodding frequently someone should suggest a study for him.

My alertness score was laughably bad. It was so bad, the doctor asked me to stop driving.

Stop. Driving.

He was convinced that I would fall asleep at a stop sign or intersection, or while driving in a monotonous stretch such as the Caldecott Tunnel. All I needed were a few seconds, he said.

My sleep study showed I had 200 sleep disruptions per hour.

For years, docs tried to treat my focus issues with drugs, but it turned out to be OSA. Have been on CPAP since 2010. It is a lifesaver.

[longpig]

Great, an invite for Hogvillians' personal struggles with obesity related illness stories.

[hogcard1964]

What is this about?

[Sir Oinksalot]

...the CPap became popular several years ago. Seemed like several ex-Nfl players died and had died and they found its cause was long term sleep apnea, so the Gov. became involved....they found a lot of it was closely related to neck size...

Also past a certain age we stop growing except a few things keep growing your nose for example. Also as we age we have something in our throat, kinda like an extended palate that continues to grow and the airways can in some become more narrow.....the CPap blows air through the nose or mouth and helps keep that open.   

Someone with OSA typically will wake-up at night wide awake and are unable to go back to sleep. This is a result of stopping breathing to the point to where your blood oxygen drops, which causes the brain to shoot you with a good shot of adrelinin because it thinks you are dying. 

[Piggfoot]

So because you read this is another thread on here you needed to make your own about it?

Yes I thought it was  important enough to bring this to uneducated people's attention knowing full well it would recieve some smart aleck remarks .

[Dwight_K_Shrute]

Does anyone have experience with gout?

[SpeedyHog]

Has Bielema ever been tested for Diabetes? It could be a diabetes thing. He could have just been bored.

[Polecat]

Has Bielema ever been tested for Diabetes? It could be a diabetes thing. He could have just been bored.

he's a great candidate for this

[longpig]

Does anyone have experience with gout?

No, but I look forward to getting it some day. 

[SpeedyHog]

Has anyone ever had pins and needles feeling in the Fingers and Hands.? Could it be neuropathy?

[Pork Twain]

What a stupid thread.

[DiamondHogFan]

Coffee.

[woodrow hog call]

What a stupid thread.

The thread is not stupid, it is a real issue that can be a life saver for certain people. But unfortunately as has been stated by, Ron White, "you can't fix stupid". If they come up with a machine for that, this thread has some candidates waiting.

[elksnort]

Does anyone have experience with gout?

Concentrated cherry juice is supposed to remedy this. Stay away from the purines.

[Pigsknuckles]

Yes I thought it was  important enough to bring this to uneducated people's attention knowing full well it would recieve some smart aleck remarks .

Uneducated? I'm probably deplorable too.

[Biggus Piggus]

I once worked with a PM who would fall asleep in the middle of a sentence.

[PonderinHog]

Does anyone have experience with gout?

Only during recruiting season.

[ricepig]

I once worked with a PM who would fall asleep in the middle of a sentence.

Great Britain, or Canada?

[Hoot72]

I have had a CPAP since 1991 -- I fell asleep during a game at Barnhill.  The sleep doctor told me, everything else being equal, the machine would add 20 years to my life.  I would say that it is worth talking about.

[Pigsknuckles]

What is this about?

   Sounds like a thinly veiled promotion for CPAP equipment. My cardiologist assistant once referred me to a sleep center she was associated with. She was sure my high blood pressure was caused by sleep apnea. I visited the center, and before I even saw a physician, they sat me down in an overstuffed chair, in  a dark bedroom, where they played an 18 minute promotional video for the latest and greatest CPAP equipment. Following that screening, a technician came in and re-ran portions of a video that, unbeknownst to me, had been taken of me watching the 18 minute commercial (remember the dark room). He explained that my response/reactions to the video were proof positive that I suffered from sleep apnea. When I finally saw the actual physician, he explained the sleep disruption/adrenalin cycle, and warned that without his CPAP equipment there was a good possibility that one night, I might not wake up. He prescribed a hypnotic, and scheduled me for a sleep study a month from that date.
   Now, I know people who claim they have benefited from CPAP equipment, and swear by it's use, but this encounter reeked of voodoo. Not going to pooh pooh the technology, or science, but go into it with both eyes open, if you will forgive the turn of a phrase.

[holman24]

ok  i dont post any more but this is a subject near and dear to my heart. Told i had sleep apeana in 2007 so bad that i quit breathing 400 times an hour and was on the verge of death.  I was given a c pap machine and could not stand anything touching my face and always ripped it off at night.  went back to Dr and was told to go see Dr Dorthy Mellon in bentonville she told me about a upp surgery that works on about 65% of patients and I told her to do it I had no other choice.  they straitend my deviated septom cut out extra parts of my sinuses cut my soft palate in half, removed my tonsils and uvula in one surgery but now i am cured and dont have to use the machine and feel amazing.  If u suffer from sleep apeana then please get help it will kill u like it did my grandpa before we new about it.  and the surgery although the most painful surgery know to Dr's and it was bad it saved my life and from being strapped to a machine every night the rest of my life I will be glad to help anyone with questions if you have them just pm.  now back to being a ghost around here.

[Biggus Piggus]

   Now, I know people who claim they have benefited from CPAP equipment, and swear by it's use, but this encounter reeked of voodoo. Not going to pooh pooh the technology, or science, but go into it with both eyes open, if you will forgive the turn of a phrase.

I don't only "claim" I benefited - I did. With it, I can drive to work. I don't get good-quality sleep without it. It's a night-and-day difference. Using CPAP regularly, I can drive from Franklin, Tenn., to Rogers, Ark., without falling asleep at the wheel. Without using it, I couldn't drive 10 minutes.

I got worse and worse for years, until doctors were loading me up with speed to try to keep me awake. And IT DIDN'T WORK. Can you imagine? Taking amphetamines and not staying awake?

If you have this problem, it's not something to mess around with. But you'll have to luck into the right diagnosis. Only took me about five years.

[PorkSoda]

...the CPap became popular several years ago. Seemed like several ex-Nfl players died and had died and they found its cause was long term sleep apnea, so the Gov. became involved....they found a lot of it was closely related to neck size...

Also past a certain age we stop growing except a few things keep growing your nose for example. Also as we age we have something in our throat, kinda like an extended palate that continues to grow and the airways can in some become more narrow.....the CPap blows air through the nose or mouth and helps keep that open.   

Someone with OSA typically will wake-up at night wide awake and are unable to go back to sleep. This is a result of stopping breathing to the point to where your blood oxygen drops, which causes the brain to shoot you with a good shot of adrelinin because it thinks you are dying. 

who hacked SO's account.  I detect semi-coherent thoughts being expressed.

[WaltKowalski]

I have scheduled a sleep study. I do not know how I feel about the cpap though. Its not exactly a mood setter.

[BR]

I could offer a lot of in-site into this as my wife has ran a Home Health Agency for 20+ years (Getting you CPAP's and Supplies) , now runs our Sleep lab at the Hospital. But it would probably get deleted by one of the Mods.   GET your sleep studies done. GET on a CPAP or BiPap if needed.  GOOD LUCK

[ricepig]

I have scheduled a sleep study. I do not know how I feel about the cpap though. Its not exactly a mood setter.

I did one of those about 20 years ago, I don't think I ever fell asleep, lol. They were checking to see if I had sleep apnea before wanting to do some surgery to help with my snoring. I got a new wife instead.

[Biggus Piggus]

I have scheduled a sleep study. I do not know how I feel about the cpap though. Its not exactly a mood setter.

Don't put on the mask until you're ready to fall asleep. After sex is a good time. It's a great excuse for falling asleep immediately after sex.

["Pickled" Pig's Pete]

Have been using a CPAP since 2003.  Before the CPAP, I had to have sunflower seeds while driving to stay awake.  Experienced migraines on a regular basis and had very little energy for a guy in his 30's.  First night with the CPAP was amazing, and have been using it ever since.  I guarantee you it's saved my life.

The mask is certainly not the sexiest thing, but you want to know what else isn't sexy?  Being dead.  At some point, a good night's sleep and better health takes precedence over EVERYTHING else.