2007/10/11, 09:18 PM
After doing a sleep over at a lab, I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea. No wonder I am always tired and get repeated headaches. At one point I was asking myself "Is it over training". Now there is help on the way.
-------------- Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Ivan
Montreal Canada (City of Festivals)
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2007/10/12, 08:57 AM
I had the same issues, Ivan. My mouthguard has made a huge difference in my quality of life!:)
-------------- Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle
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2007/10/18, 06:54 AM
I have a friend who sleeps with a cpap (did i get that right) mask on every night and he said it made a HUGE difference.
-------------- It\'s a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart. - O Brother Where Art Thou
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2007/10/18, 06:54 AM
I have a friend who sleeps with a cpap (did i get that right) mask on every night and he said it made a HUGE difference.
-------------- It\'s a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart. - O Brother Where Art Thou
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2007/10/20, 10:29 PM
Yeah, have dealt myself with the issue for years. For instance, in meetings my attention span is about 5 minutes. Any longer and almost cannot control my nodding out. I really need to see someone someday.
-------------- Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer
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2007/10/21, 02:12 PM
Steve, thats right, your friend sleeps with this machine (Continuous Pathway Air Pressure) which consists of a mask and small machine with a humidifier built in to it. This machichine forces air into our air passage (through our nose) which prevents the airway from collapsing during sleep. Turns out I have severe apnea which means I used to stop breathing 37 times per hour.
No wonder I always had headaches, took a snooze in my car everyday, tired when I woke up in the morning and forced my self to train.
Ron, if you have insurance, they pay for the testing and equipment. The testing was $1250.00cdn and the machine runs aeound $1000.00. My insurance covers 100%.
-------------- Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Ivan
Montreal Canada (City of Festivals)
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2007/10/21, 08:37 PM
I have been tempted many times to do one of the clinical studies(be a participant). I hear about them all the time, I simply seem to never be able to find the time or do not want to make the time. No one's fault but mine.
-------------- Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer
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2007/10/22, 09:38 PM
yea ive got severe apnea also, i use the under the nose or snorkle style mask, less intrusive than the full face unit, but they they both take a little getting used to. But i will agree, has made a big impact in my sleep patterns.....:)
-------------- I was bruised and battered and I couldnt tell
what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window I didnt know
my own face ...
Get busy living or get busy dying.
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