While I am new to this forum, I was originally diagnosed with apnea in 1992 after nearly ramming the rearend of a car on the 405 freeway and then doing the same thing about 20 seconds later. Previously after dozing off the first time I would be so scared that I would make it home without falling asl...

I have a question. It seems to me that a person's weight would affect their breathing in 2 ways. First, by the extra tissue in the throat which contributes to the throat collapsing during sleep. Second, if a person carries alot of extra weight in his belly, each inhalation requires the body to work ...