Catchup: Health
Apr. 6th, 2008 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
womzillaI'm sick: a bad head cold with some lung involvement, which is making it nearly impossible for me to sleep.
I am borderline sleep apneaic when I'm not congested, and serious congestion pushes me into the world of No Good Sleep. I am finally going to address this, starting this week. First, I am going to return to my Ear/Nose/Throat doctor and get my deviated septum repaired, which I've been putting off for a decade. (The first time I saw him--for an ear infection--his first words to me were, "So, how badly do you snore?" Given my weight and my septum--apparently as visible across the room to a trained professional as my weight is to most people--there is no way that I wouldn't snore like an eighteen-wheeler full of chainsaws. Which I do.)
Then I'm going to a sleep clinic to determine what treatment is right for the apnea. I'd be amazed if I didn't come away with a CPAP, but who knows? Maybe the septum repair will be enough. I don't have any objection to a CPAP, so I'm not particularly concerned.
More details later when I know more. Must go to bed.
I am borderline sleep apneaic when I'm not congested, and serious congestion pushes me into the world of No Good Sleep. I am finally going to address this, starting this week. First, I am going to return to my Ear/Nose/Throat doctor and get my deviated septum repaired, which I've been putting off for a decade. (The first time I saw him--for an ear infection--his first words to me were, "So, how badly do you snore?" Given my weight and my septum--apparently as visible across the room to a trained professional as my weight is to most people--there is no way that I wouldn't snore like an eighteen-wheeler full of chainsaws. Which I do.)
Then I'm going to a sleep clinic to determine what treatment is right for the apnea. I'd be amazed if I didn't come away with a CPAP, but who knows? Maybe the septum repair will be enough. I don't have any objection to a CPAP, so I'm not particularly concerned.
More details later when I know more. Must go to bed.
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Date: 2008-04-07 10:16 am (UTC)If it turns our you do need a CPAP of some sort, I highly recommend checking out the CPAPTalk forums; I've also had really good luck getting equipment from cpap.com (and their sister site billmyinsurance.com). Some of the FAQs at cpaptalk might be useful pre-sleep study.
I'm always happy to answer any sleep apnea or cpap related questions as I've done a ton of research and like to be helpful and put that knowledge to good use.