Dr. Malik said that probably six in every 10 people in Morganton have sleep apnea ..........
When I was diagnosed with OSA nearly four years ago and started reading news about it, I often read that 2% of the population has OSA. After doing a lot of observation and listening to people's stories, I came to the conclusion that more that half of the population has OSA or will develop it as they age.
Well here is a enlightened doc near my hometown that says 60% of the town's population has OSA. Good doc!
What do you think?My husband sleeps with an elephant
Carol Jolly gets tested for sleep apnea
By Carol Jolly | Burke County Notebook - The News Herald
Published: July 14, 2009
Last year, I came back from Maine with a back ailment. But fortunately, someone read my News Herald story "How's your atlas? I didn't even know I had one," and informed me that there was an Upper Cervical Clinic in Hickory. Dr. Joey Miles has been such a big help to me that many of my friends are going to him.
This year, I'm leaving Morganton with a new malady, sleep apnea.
Dr. Malik said that probably six in every 10 people in Morganton have sleep apnea, and I know several of them live at my house.
If you have the reputation of sounding like a purring kitten when you sleep, you may be one of the four in 10. But, if your sleep sound vibrates the walls of your next door neighbor's house or makes the dogs down the street bark, my guess would be you are one of the six in 10.
If you've been told you stop breathing periodically, guess which group you belong in?
I had my sleep test, which, discounting the paraphernalia I had to wear, was a pleasant enough experience. It was nowhere near the ordeal I had imagined it would be.
So now, my new sleeping attire includes what I call a "nose hose" which looks like an elephant's trunk. But before you start thinking that's a bad thing, I'm going to clip my hose on top of my head so that no matter which side I sleep on, my hose just lies on my pillow out of the way. Don't they say that an elephant trunk going upward is a good thing?
By the way, I am thankful my husband doesn't own an elephant gun.
I feel like this, I'm planning on driving myself to my 100th birthday party. What can the guest of honor talk about at a 100th birthday party?
While working at a personal care facility and observing the residents, I found that their favorite topic of conversation was their ailments. And, they strived to out do each other.
I figure every time I'm diagnosed with something else, it's just another topic of conversation for me.
My brother has been using this apparatus for years. Last summer, we were going to northern New Hampshire for a search for ancestors and information.
On the way, my brother realized he hadn't packed his machine. He went back home to get it. He said he couldn't stand the thoughts of sleeping without it. It gave him such a good night of sleep and he wakes up full of energy, vim and vigor. I'm excited about that.
Now that my nurse has fit me for my machine, I can hardly wait to experience the results.
When you look at me, you'll see a 71-year-old woman. But, when I look at you, I imagine you are seeing me as a 27-year-old, because that's how I see myself. Now with all this new energy I'm going to have, I'll feel like a kid again.
Carol Jolly is a member of the Morganton Writers Group, a contributor to The Burke County Notebook, N.C. Storytellers Guild, one-third of Triple-J-Tellers, along with Jesus and Jeannie McPhail of http://www.themacsmusic.com, and the author of The Home In My Heart, That's What They Said, and her grandmother's memoir Squabble Hollow, published by J-Mac Publishers of Morganton.
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