Blogging about sleep apnea

dsg · Post by **dsg** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 9:50 am

I have a blog that's a couple months old. I've been sending updates to friends and family from time to time.
Recently I finished a 3 part series of posts on sleep apna that more or less coincided with my joining this happy Hosehead board. I don't know how much education the learned gang here will find in my blog as it's pretty high level, but I do think it's important to tell the greater world about what OSA is and how much of a difference CPAP can make. Of course you're free to read the rest of the blog if you have a lot of time to kill and/or you're a glutton for punishment, but these three pieces are specifically appropriate for cpaptalk people who might want to point a friend or loved one to an independent spot on the web to learn of another person's experience as a hosehead.

At the very worst, they'll have wasted a few minutes of their life that they'll never be able to get back. Best case scenario is that they'll say to themselves "Self, this sounds eerily familiar. Maybe I should get myself/spouse/child checked out!
http://blahblahginger.blogspot.com/2005 ... story.html
http://blahblahginger.blogspot.com/2005 ... reams.html
http://blahblahginger.blogspot.com/2005 ... apnea.html

LDuyer · Post by **LDuyer** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:31 am

Say, this is wonderful!!

So far I've only read the first one, but I'll be reading the rest (I'm a slow and lazy reader).

You write well! And the description is fun to read and more importantly, definitely something others should read. You're doing a great thing by providing this on your blog, even if it's read only by family and friends. You never know who you will affect. Good going!!

Linda

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:59 am

Very, very well done, dsg. I left a comment after the third link.

dsg · Post by **dsg** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:03 am

Thanks! Blog comments are welcome but absolutely not necessary.

sleepylady · Post by **sleepylady** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:06 am

dsg,

Those were great articles. Very well written and informative for those that don't know anything about Sleep Apnea.

Melinda

kikisue · Post by **kikisue** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:09 pm

Great stuff - I tried to leave a comment in the blog, but it kept asking me to type in letters which I did. But, after 12 attempts and getting sent back to retype new ones, I gave up!

I just wanted to post a comment that not all apnea sufferers snore. Probably the majority do, but I have never snored, and do have moderate OSA which is now being treated with CPAP. I never thought of apnea for myself because I don't snore, but was so exhausted all the time, my doc sent me for the sleep study and what do you know - OSA. I just thought that would be helpful information, so if someone has other symptoms they don't rule it out just because they don't snore.

Thanks!
Karen

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