Check out our brand new Local Poker Communities! Get updates and interact with poker players in your area.
Visit the United States Poker Community | Visit the California Poker Community | Read more about the Launch of P5s Local

Anybody diagnosed with Sleep Apnea?

Reply to Thread
  1. Golf_Nut01 Golf_Nut01 is offline

    MD
    United States

    Posts: 705
    Joined: May 05

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 4:21pm)

    Had my sleep test last night, tonight will be my first time sleeping with the CPAP machine.
  2. ihaterats ihaterats is offline

    Anonymous Proxy

    Posts: 18,088
    Joined: Oct 05

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 4:24pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    BGX's sleep apnea comes and goes with his weight fluctuation.
  3. Golf_Nut01 Golf_Nut01 is offline

    MD
    United States

    Posts: 705
    Joined: May 05

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 4:30pm) in reply to ihaterats

    Mine don't fluctuate, it just keeps going up, lol.
    Thread Starter
  4. mrzzz mrzzz is offline

    Little Rock, AR
    United States

    Posts: 177
    Joined: Jul 06

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 4:34pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    If you have it, that crap machine will help you...
  5. A58W9ER A58W9ER is offline

    Minneapolis, MN
    United States

    Posts: 433
    Joined: Nov 06

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 4:52pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    my brother has to sleep with one and it has helped him out a lot. he actually gets full nights sleep with it. it might be annoying but really could end up saving your life.
  6. AJXTERRA AJXTERRA is offline

    Houston, TX
    United States

    Posts: 2,875
    Joined: Jun 07

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 4:55pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    do you mind going into detail about your experience. The wife wants me to get tested and I'm not so keen on the idea...thx man.
  7. djoshaz djoshaz is offline not an Irish DJ

    Folsom, CA
    United States

    Posts: 3,032
    Joined: Jul 05

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 4:59pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    My father has been using a CPAP for about 5 years now and swears by it. It will make you sleep THAT much better.
  8. Camstock Camstock is offline

    Saint Thomas
    Canada

    Posts: 579
    Joined: Nov 06

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 5:19pm) in reply to djoshaz

    I was diagnosed about 3 years ago. The CPAP machine will literaly save your life. It is annoying for the first month or so but you get used to it. Just don't get into the habit of wearing it a couple nights and then not a couple and so on as that is worse physicaly and will make you feel much worse then if you had never worn it in the first place. Make sure you also check out the different masks available because the standard stock mask that comes with the machine is a piece of shit and also 100% make sure you get a machine with a built in humidifier, you, and you nose, will thank me in the winter time.

    You can hit me up with a pm for my aim if you have any questions or concerns involving the machine or the disease and I will be more than happy to help as much as I can. Whatever you do do not take this disease lightly can cause massive long term damage to your heart and eventually kill you. For others reading that think you may have it, and have not been tested, you cannot schedule the sleep test fast enough.

    Good Luck to you and I guarantee in a few weeks, if you wear it every night, you will feel like a new person.
  9. H@BB@KUK H@BB@KUK is offline

    Columbia, MO
    United States

    Posts: 3,612
    Joined: Mar 07

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 5:21pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    pussies
  10. emoneypitt emoneypitt is offline

    Posts: 1,348
    Joined: Aug 06

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 5:32pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    I'm supposed to get tested for this too. I really should make an appointment soon.
  11. agpoker agpoker is offline

    College Station, TX
    United States

    Posts: 67
    Joined: Sep 05

    Mar 11th, 2008 (3/11/2008 5:53pm) in reply to emoneypitt

    I just got mine three weeks ago. It makes a huge difference. You will feel like a new person. My body was so used to being tired all the time I did not even know what it felt like to get a good nights sleep. I can wake up on my own without an alarm clock now.
  12. Golf_Nut01 Golf_Nut01 is offline

    MD
    United States

    Posts: 705
    Joined: May 05

    Mar 12th, 2008 (3/12/2008 5:56pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    Update after 1st night, I slept only 5 hrs on the CPAP machine last night and I felt better today than i've felt in 10 yrs.

    Anyone suffering from fatigue, acid reflux, high blood pressure...etc should have a sleep test as soon as possible.
    Thread Starter
  13. AJXTERRA AJXTERRA is offline

    Houston, TX
    United States

    Posts: 2,875
    Joined: Jun 07

    Mar 12th, 2008 (3/12/2008 5:58pm) in reply to Golf_Nut01

    u just call your doc and ask for a referral? I'm a real sleep apnea noob...
  14. Golf_Nut01 Golf_Nut01 is offline

    MD
    United States

    Posts: 705
    Joined: May 05

    Mar 12th, 2008 (3/12/2008 6:02pm) in reply to AJXTERRA

    AJXTERRA, me being in the military, it was a 2-3 month process from when i asked the doc about it and actually seeing a sleep doctor and getting scheduled for a sleep test.

    I am absolutely amazed that it made this much difference, i'm kicking myself in the ass for not doing this 10 yrs ago.
    Thread Starter
  15. ronkend ronkend is offline

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Posts: 5,588
    Joined: May 05

    Mar 12th, 2008 (3/12/2008 6:03pm) in reply to AJXTERRA

    my dad has it mildly, and basically is dumb fuck because he wont use a cpap.....
Reply to Thread

Similar Threads