... While we were waiting for his sleep study results, his blood work came back and his lipid panel was off the charts. Triglycerides 580 and HDL only 20. Then his sleep study came back – AHI 37 and RDI 73 – the RDI so high because they added the snoring that was causing EEG arousals. He had 0% REM...

My husband wanted to get treatment for bad snoring, asked to be referred to an ENT, and the PCP said that he had to go to a pulmonologist first for a sleep study. We are in an HMO, so we have no choice. I wonder why that is the route our PCP thinks should be taken? She implied that he needed a sleep...

Thanks John B Fisher - we'll see if we can work through this quickly. Strike One (or maybe Two, but I'll need 11 innings of worth of strikes to get through this I think). After the Pulmonologist promised the DME he referred us to carries the Autoset II, and after the DME told me they carry it, now t...

Part 4 - Our First Meeting with Sleep Doctor We arrive for our appointment with the pulmonologist who ordered the sleep study. We both like him a lot – I had visited him last year for a different problem. Unfortunately, he was gone on a family emergency, and we were seen by one of his partners. We w...

Part III - Sleep Study Results – Detail For those of you like numbers, like me, here’s the detail from the study with some comments by me: Split study, with 115 minutes without CPAP and 259 minutes with CPAP (adjusted from level 5 to level 9). Sleep Stages (without CPAP, with CPAP, normal) N1: 4.9%,...

Part II - Sleep Study Results Summary While we were waiting for his sleep study results, his blood work came back and his lipid panel was off the charts. Triglycerides 580 and HDL only 20. Then his sleep study came back – AHI 37 and RDI 73 – the RDI so high because they added the snoring that was ca...

Part 1 Background and Pushing Through Denial We’ve been married four years. I am in my mid-40s and my husband just turned 50. My husband is thin, and doesn’t smoke or drink. He went for his annual physical a couple of months ago and the doctor raved about his great condition. And, he finally got his...

I have gotten so much help from this forum, I have decided to keep a thread documenting our journey to overcome my husband’s sleep apnea. It has been so helpful to us to be able to read about others’ experiences, and we have already used some advice from here to make or insist on specific choices. I...