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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
Amy,
I am curious about his sleep apnea diagnosis. It is Obstructive Sleep Apnea or Central Sleep Apnea?
The study may not have specified but you should be able to tell by watching him sleep.
Does he snore and seem to get less breath as his snoring gets worse but his chest is still trying to pull breaths?
Or does he quietly slow down with his breathing and his chest finally stops pulling breaths? (Then, he would eventually snort or huff back to heavy breathing.)
If he gets fitted for a CPAP or BiPAP, it will be very interesting to see how it works for him.
I have Central Sleep Apnea and have been looking for solutions. The CPAP and BiPAP will not help me.
My wife has observed me stopping breathing as many as 12 to 16 times in an hour. She now needs to go to bed before me because otherwise she gets stuck listening to me breath. If she wakes up to my breathing or lack thereof, she wakes me to tell me to go sleep in my recliner where I have very little apnea problems. I must sleep on my back with my neck in a straight position to reduce the likelihood of my apnea.
My best to you both.
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Hubby has OSA I believe. He is going to use the CPAP thingy and see if that helps. If not, he will need surgery - UGH.
Help for CSA sounds more challenging - sorry to hear it's an issue for you. From your posts I've read, it seems you have enough other challenges!
I did see something on the California Sleep Institute (Palo Alto I think) about the Upper Airway Stimulator (UAS: treatment that leverages neurostimulation (the stimulation of the nervous system through tiny electric pulses) to permanently address sleep apnea without machines or surgery) they implant for people like you with CSA or OSA - google Palo Alto Patch sleep apnea and see what comes up. Have you checked into that yet? I think this is very new technology - the CA Institute is just conducting trials on. Not sure if there are any other trials going on or what - but something to keep an eye on.
Mark, thanks for allllll your posts, encouragement to everyone and sanity saving tips. You are very much appreciated.
May the Lord bless you and guide you -
Amy