CPAP saved my life

That must have been very hard to sleep upright all that time. On rare nights, I would have to sleep sitting up due to asthma or really bad congestion. Eventually I would slide down and wake up. In my case, sleeping upright would not help my sleep apnea. I fall asleep sitting up sometimes while watching tv, and I wake myself up with my snorting. If I didn't have insurance to help with the costs, I would probably convince myself not to bother. My sleep study turned out to be way more expensive than I expected. My 15% was almost $900. Had I known that in advance, I might not have done. But it was well worth it, and I am glad I did it. (Even though I am still paying that bill). Fortunately, they do the work first and bill later

BlackSpinner wrote:

pablomac wrote: Thank you. We're having our wedding in Las Vegas and I have to admit that I'm worried about not being compliant for one or two of those nights. I've been guilty of only 1 or 2 hours of sleep, if that, on my previous trips down there I don't want to ruin my perfect compliance record.

Keep this in mind - for men cpap therapy can be a form of Viagra. You are getting married.

Also giving yourself 4 hours of therapeutic sleep will make everything more fun.

Here's to our own Dr. Ruth!

zoocrewphoto wrote:That must have been very hard to sleep upright all that time. On rare nights, I would have to sleep sitting up due to asthma or really bad congestion. Eventually I would slide down and wake up. In my case, sleeping upright would not help my sleep apnea. I fall asleep sitting up sometimes while watching tv, and I wake myself up with my snorting.

I used to sneak out of the bedroom and come sleep in a sitting position on the couch. I felt like I slept better but would often wake up with a sore neck or a horrible headache. Of course, I am told that I could still be heard snoring and gasping for air all the way back to the bedroom so obviously it was a futile attempt to a better night's sleep.

zoocrewphoto wrote: If I didn't have insurance to help with the costs, I would probably convince myself not to bother. My sleep study turned out to be way more expensive than I expected. My 15% was almost $900. Had I known that in advance, I might not have done. But it was well worth it, and I am glad I did it. (Even though I am still paying that bill). Fortunately, they do the work first and bill later

Amen to that. I just got my bill for my study and it was outrageous. My insurance was billed $2000 for my CPAP machine, $5600 for two nights' accommodations at the sleep center, and $42 for a flippin' Ambien pill! I'm responsible for $1200 of it, but once it's all paid off, it'll be the greatest investment I've ever made.

Thanks for sharing this. Since being diagnosed less than a month ago, I've realized that people I know may have sleep apnea but are unwilling to do the sleep study or use the machine.

Also, I think it's great that you've overcome obstacles to compliance. Clearly, you recognized the importance of adjusting as soon as possible and did what you had to in order to adjust as quickly as you could.

Janet

Awesome!

Now don't go and get tempted to fix something that ain't broke.



I made this mistake when I was doing so very well and I'm STILL trying to get back to the low numbers!!

Welcome aboard!! And congrats on the new airway!