Your Doc is wrong.
I have always been a loud snorer, in school my roomie would ask me to go to sleep an hour after he went to bed so he could sleep. At deer camp, I was banned from the cabin and had to sleep in my truck camper. Used to smoke and loved the good whiskey, afterwards is was really bad. So bad my dove hunting buddies reserved a single for me, I've run 2 of them out of the room. In KC, after a football game, woke the next morning to find my brother sleeping in the truck.
My older has had sleep ap for several years and warned me about the effects. My mom had been on me for several years to get it checked. My current gal, mentioned every other day until I just gave in Dammit.
Glad I did. The study showed my oxygen concentration in my blood was at 51%, as it was explained to me 49-48% is coma, under 46% is stroke, heart attack and/or death. I was having 48 episodes of apnea per hour (waking due to lack of oxygen) over 12 is rated as severe. The sleep team didn't have a machine that would blow enough pressure and the test was called early (6 1/2 hours).
I was put on a bipap with a full face mask, cranked as high as it would go. Thank God, blood pressure dropped, oxygen concentration at 91-97 %, fully rested when I awake, don't get tired at 3 anymore. Dropped 30 pounds. Feel great. Won't travel or spend the night anywhere without my machine.
I didn't have insurance when I did all this and yes it was expensive but far less than what you would expect, if you pay cash (65% off). It would have been worth it at full price. Some mentioned throat drying? Machines have built in humidfiers now. Does the mask suck at first? Big Yes. Took me 3-4 weeks to get used to it.
Sleep apnea can and will kill you, go get the study done. If you have questions please PM me. My brother was a big help during the break in period with my machine. One other thing, you will kinda sound like Darth Vader.
I have always been a loud snorer, in school my roomie would ask me to go to sleep an hour after he went to bed so he could sleep. At deer camp, I was banned from the cabin and had to sleep in my truck camper. Used to smoke and loved the good whiskey, afterwards is was really bad. So bad my dove hunting buddies reserved a single for me, I've run 2 of them out of the room. In KC, after a football game, woke the next morning to find my brother sleeping in the truck.
My older has had sleep ap for several years and warned me about the effects. My mom had been on me for several years to get it checked. My current gal, mentioned every other day until I just gave in Dammit.
Glad I did. The study showed my oxygen concentration in my blood was at 51%, as it was explained to me 49-48% is coma, under 46% is stroke, heart attack and/or death. I was having 48 episodes of apnea per hour (waking due to lack of oxygen) over 12 is rated as severe. The sleep team didn't have a machine that would blow enough pressure and the test was called early (6 1/2 hours).
I was put on a bipap with a full face mask, cranked as high as it would go. Thank God, blood pressure dropped, oxygen concentration at 91-97 %, fully rested when I awake, don't get tired at 3 anymore. Dropped 30 pounds. Feel great. Won't travel or spend the night anywhere without my machine.
I didn't have insurance when I did all this and yes it was expensive but far less than what you would expect, if you pay cash (65% off). It would have been worth it at full price. Some mentioned throat drying? Machines have built in humidfiers now. Does the mask suck at first? Big Yes. Took me 3-4 weeks to get used to it.
Sleep apnea can and will kill you, go get the study done. If you have questions please PM me. My brother was a big help during the break in period with my machine. One other thing, you will kinda sound like Darth Vader.
