Hi I am new and I was diagnosed with sleep apnea at 23

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Pod911
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Hi I am new and I was diagnosed with sleep apnea at 23

Post by Pod911 » Sat May 23, 2015 12:39 am

I had my tonsils removed I stopped breathing on the table and they bagged me and after I swallowed a lot of blood was in my lungs I had horrible nightmares after the surgery I talked with respitory doctor here and I did the take at home test and the results came back I stopped breathing 9 out of 10 times all they suggested was a mouth geard there like 5,000 up there in Canada I have a 17 inch neck my dad had sleep apnea so like father like sun the nightmares have passed finally they were so vivid at night I just want to say if there is any Canadians here I like to be your friend

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La Zona
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Re: Hi I am new and I was diagnosed with sleep apnea at 23

Post by La Zona » Sat May 23, 2015 12:54 am

Pod911 wrote:I had my tonsils removed I stopped breathing on the table and they bagged me and after I swallowed a lot of blood was in my lungs I had horrible nightmares after the surgery I talked with respitory doctor here and I did the take at home test and the results came back I stopped breathing 9 out of 10 times all they suggested was a mouth geard there like 5,000 up there in Canada I have a 17 inch neck my dad had sleep apnea so like father like sun the nightmares have passed finally they were so vivid at night I just want to say if there is any Canadians here I like to be your friend

Wow that sounds really scary what happened to you at the hospital but I am happy you survived have you done a sleep study or are you using a cpap machine because i have found it to help me and I can be your friend

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Pod911
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Re: Hi I am new and I was diagnosed with sleep apnea at 23

Post by Pod911 » Sat May 23, 2015 1:20 am

I was in hospital for 5 days due to blood in lungs it could of killed me the first night was hard I thru up lots of blood and and the doctor just called it a hicky on the lungs he was the Anastasia guy and he did a bad job even told him what happen to me at birth I have cerebral palsy as well my neck is the same as my late fathers neck size all the exercises will not work for a 17 inch neck

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