Menopause can worsen/create apnea. Woo hoo, yet another thing to look forward to.

Are these United carry-on dimensions different than they were 6-12 months ago? I can't seem to find this information.

The OP says he weighs 170 lbs and 165 lbs would put him in normal BMI. Now we have impassioned pleas urging him to stay away from bariatric surgery. Let me be the lone dissenter and urge him to run out and get that bariatric surgery and lose that five lbs. Clearly the OP is not obese. But generally...

CPAP is not for the timid, is it? Regarding your leg movements, your doctor should consider ordering some lab work: a FULL iron panel (not just ferritin), as well as folate, magnesium, and B12. If you're deficient in any of those, you can replete it and your limb movements may improve. BTW, on your ...

From an overview, to give an idea of what they consider "success": A total of 69 studies with 13,900 patients were included. All the procedures achieved profound effects on OSA, as over 75 % of patients saw at least an improvement in their sleep apnea. -- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23299507...

For those interested in reading the whole thing, here's the article jnk is quoting from: http://file.scirp.org/Html/6-8202354_35791.htm It's a retrospective study of 17 patients who had bariatric surgery who were subsequently sent back to the lab due to complaints of sleepiness/fatigue. There were s...

Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, causing remission in 80 to 85 percent of cases... Surgically induced weight loss can be a lasting resolution for sleep apnea. http://clevelandclinicweightloss.com/images/file/FINAL_Sleep%20Apnea%20Brochure.pdf The real s...

Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, causing remission in 80 to 85 percent of cases... Surgically induced weight loss can be a lasting resolution for sleep apnea.

http://clevelandclinicweightloss.com/im ... ochure.pdf

If sleep apnea caused the weight gain, why didn’t the weight disappear once the sleep apnea was successfully treated (with no other changes in lifestyle)? Some bells can't be un-rung? Maybe you need to lose more weight. Maybe losing more weight won't help. Maybe (likely) it's a combination of facto...

For nasal breathers, I would recommend a nasal mask (pillows, even). Less potential for leaks.

Ears can be a problem. If you experience pain, you may need to talk to your doctor about reducing the pressure, and gradually working up. A little transient, tolerable discomfort may be OK.

O'Keeffe's Working Hands is helping me prevent the cracks (as long as I remember to put it on).

Does it happen when you are wide awake or when you're nodding off to sleep? If the latter, my guess would be a pressure pulse to determine whether your airways is closed (obstructive event) vs. open (central).

I can only speak for myself. Per EEG, I wake up ~50 times per hour in REM. I know I can wake up and slide right back into a dream, often the same one. Untreated and unmedicated, I feel like I've been up all night watching movies. The amount of REM I have is pretty normal, I think, it's just disrupte...

Published carry-on limit: 9"x14"x22" Actual sizer dimensions: 10"x15"x23" Published personal item limit: 9"x10"x17" Actual sizer dimensions: 9"x11"x18" What were these carry-on limits before the change? What does "actual sizer dimensions" mean? The box that you shove the suitcase in to see if it fi...