Got sleep study ... what does this mean?

What a great tip!

Thanks!

Todzo wrote:

dunninla wrote:I had my results faxed to me, but the Dr. can't meet with me until Tuesday afternoon next week... I'm dying to know... what do the results mean?

Hi dunninla!

You have mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea
You have excessive arousals from various sources

I think your body is telling you it needs your tender loving care.

If I were you I would:

Do what I could to reduce the stress in my life.

Raise the head of the bed a couple of inches. This will likely reduce the OSA. I use concrete bricks from a building supply place (<$5).

Begin working with a personal trainer (or obtain a starter pedometer (e.g. Omron) and start moving toward 10,000 steps a day). Working up to aerobics and interval training is recommended.

Eat anti-inflammatory foods

Begin a long term relationship with a dietitian

Take some good cooking classes and stop eating processed foods (outside of the store rather than the center of the store).

May we find good health!

Todzo

New age hogwash.

Losing weight and exercise is a good suggestion in general for most of us, but you should not delay starting CPAP if you need it. Most people don't actually lose weight or exercise and it often doesn't help apnea even if you do.

Talk to your doctor, but you probably need CPAP. Ignore the suggestion about surgery and mandibular devices unless you can't or won't do CPAP or you have something really unusual in your throat.

dunninla wrote:OK, so I have mild Sleep Apnea. Can this account for my constant feeling of sleepiness?

Based on the admittedly sparse information presented thus far (short TST, relatively increased REM and SWS (perhaps due to decreased TST)(and this should be a debate point)(how old are you anyway?), and slightly increased REM Onset), your sleep hygiene is poor and have a massive sleep debt (see "The Promise of Sleep" by Dement).

avi123 wrote:

deltadave wrote:

Todzo wrote:

dunninla wrote:I had my results faxed to me, but the Dr. can't meet with me until Tuesday afternoon next week... I'm dying to know... what do the results mean?

Hi dunninla!

You have mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea
You have excessive arousals from various sources

I think your body is telling you it needs your tender loving care.

If I were you I would:

Do what I could to reduce the stress in my life.

Raise the head of the bed a couple of inches. This will likely reduce the OSA. I use concrete bricks from a building supply place (<$5).

Begin working with a personal trainer (or obtain a starter pedometer (e.g. Omron) and start moving toward 10,000 steps a day). Working up to aerobics and interval training is recommended.

Eat anti-inflammatory foods

Begin a long term relationship with a dietitian

Take some good cooking classes and stop eating processed foods (outside of the store rather than the center of the store).

May we find good health!

Todzo

You're an idiot.

Todzo,

I put DeltaDave on my foe list so that I don't see such personal attacks from this Registered Polysomnographic Technologist™ (RPSGT).
You're lucky not to get attacked with 4 letter words, which is this guy's specialty!

p.s. to qualify for RPSGT you need less education than for a Nurses Aid.

Hi avi123,

been looking a bit at delta - nothing positive

good name for him - delta - the times they are a changing

Thanks for the info.

Have a lot of fun!

Todzo

deltadave wrote:What a great tip!

Thanks!

OK, so the sleep study Dr. found that his equipment isn't on my Insurance In-Network, so he referred me to a DME that is In-Network for my Anthem Blue Shield, Kadence, which is only in Socal I think. The DME guy came to my office. I had already been on Youtube looking at a few instructional videos on the S9, so my first question to him was... did I get the humidifier that comes apart to put in the dishwasher? Did I get the smaller, heated hose? He smiled and said I must have been on the Internet!

It turns out that b/c of the Sleep Study and this setup, I blew right past my deductible layer of insurance. I wasn't planning to use Insurance, but I am now in a layer where I pay 20%, so why not? My insurance authorized the S9 Autoset, with Humidifier and Climate Control, Swift FX nasal pillow with headgear... so I guess the whole nine yards... $1,167, of which I pay 20%. They didn't make me rent it first...weird.

I'll post tomorrow regarding how the night went. I used it for about an hour in my office while on the computer, and this piece of kit (I've always wanted to use that British phrase) seemed unobtrusive enough.