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Originally Posted by moonstar
hi pamster----i was diagnosed with sleep apnea and it took a few months to get the reports back...then went in for the 2nd test with the cpap machine on april 1... they said that i stopped breathing 20x's in an hour (every 3 min) and with the cpap it was corrected...i have been waiting since then to hear from the drs as to when i get the machine..it may be weeks for them but it feels as if it has been months for me..i have been suffering with the sleep attacks or insomnia now since dec..i am so happy to hear that it works for you---gives me hope--it is just taking so long to get started that i am getting worse..falling down constantly, pain increasing daily and depression is killing me..i called the dr office and they said it may be a few more weeks.. i have to get back to work so i can pay my mortgage and pay back the loans i had to take out to survive the past months of hell--- without sleep..i have problems walking never mind driving a car and working all night..
did it take them long to get you set up with the cpap? or as usual is it just me??? seems my luck has gone bye-bye since i was injured in 1994... but hearing your good news gives me hope that maybe my life might get even a little better...thanks for sharing your news and experience--moonstar
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Oh moonstar, I feel for you. For me people moved fast. See I got the prescription in December, I didn't use it until April 10th, I got in on a cancelled appt. They called one night and said they had an opening, I took it and then had an appointment exactly a week later. I got the machine the day I saw my doctor. They called a respiratory supplier and got me the one I've got, they came out that day, I went to see my PCP at 10:00 am and by two-thirty I was looking at my machine.
I am so sorry it's taken you so long, The sleep study place might be why it was held up, how long was it that you got the results and know your dr had them? I have had it a week and only not slept with it a few times like during the night I awoke with a nostril closed off. So I took off the machine mask, just raise it to my forehead until I can breathe again. Then I take it back and use it again. I sleep on my side because I got the nose mask, it's kind of weird. But I will take the weirdness of it all to save my life, you know?
Just because it feels funny doesn't mean that I have forgotten the benefits I am creating for my body. We're moving soon. And I am really happy to have the machine, I know you will be too once you get used to it. See what they did for me was called a split study, where half is testing you for apnea and then fiddling with the machine settings to see what pressure works for a person, it said, "tituration as needed" which empowered them at the hospital I went to, to test the machine on me and write a report on it. They had almost a week to get it faxed over to my dr's office, and when they finally did the dr's office called in the script for the machine.
I need 0.80 cm's. I added a pic of my machine and headgear to my OSA page. You should call your dr's office probably and ask about the script/order for the machine for you. I think they should be reminded you still haven't gotten the machine yet. Hang in there moonstar, you're almost done waiting, I empathize totally. You will do much better with the machine I think. I know I feel better from using it a week. I know it will only get better too. Last night I woke up in pain and took the mask off for some of the time last night due to a congested sinus.
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Originally Posted by Burntmarshmallow
From my hubs point of view after his sleep test and being told he needed the machine ... after 2 weeks of waiting I got upset and called and told them that if my hub stops breathing in his sleep and dies I will be sueing .He got the machine the very next day.
Pam hope you got some zzzs in and are feeling better. my hub has a humidifier thing on his so the air is not so dry when he uses the cpap. I work at hotel you would be suprised how many folks use a cpap.chemar I pray your hub listens and goes to doc/sleep clinic. Sleep apena is NO JOKE!!!!
Gotta go all the best to you Chemar Moonstar and Pam.
Peace
BMW...Tina
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Hi BMW,
I definitely feel so much better, I still need coffee though to get my day really started. But I feel a lot better. It's amazing the difference I feel after just a week of using it. I don't feel bad at all. I am enjoying my sleep now. I figure it's only going to get better.
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