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General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
CPAPNAP
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Location: Orlando, FL

Counting the losses and blessings...

Post by CPAPNAP » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:53 pm

I resonate with all that each of you have written here. I lost...

...my job of 15 years

...respect in my field because others assumed that my deteriorating character was due to my lack of integrity (I must have been screwing around all the time to be so tired, confused, and irritable)

...my marriage and now the $520 a month for therapy to put that back on course with my willing wife

...my sanity which really went out the window when I believed the GP that told me that my symptoms were psychosomatic.

But I am blessed because...

...I didn't kill anyone by falling asleep driving

...I am 37 and have the other half of life to embrace

...Sleep Apnea surfaced all of my weaknesses is full bloom so I have the advantage of improving areas of my life that might have otherwise not surfaced until too late like communication in my marriage, poor financial management, etc...

...Sleep Apnea is treatable unlike so many other life robbing diseases.

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Clownshow
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Location: Iqaluit, Nunavut

Post by Clownshow » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:33 am

...respect in my field because others assumed that my deteriorating character was due to my lack of integrity (I must have been screwing around all the time to be so tired, confused, and irritable)
I sure feel that one. I was working in the entertainment / Show industry where everybody know's each other and they prey on each others weaknesses - Dog eat Dog - I used to be at the top of the food chain, now I'm a chump
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