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Does anyone else suffer from this


Only indirectly.

My former wife had it quite severely, enough so that four and a half years ago she died from it. I have since remarried (Hi, kayakjazz!) and life goes on.

I only bring this up as a warning that sleep apnea is not something to ignore, and it appears that you are taking proper care and precautions.

To those without first-hand, no, make that second-hand experience with sleep apnea, it is frightening to suddenly wake up because the room ambience has changed -- suddenly it is silent where before there had been snoring. At first I would jab her with an elbow to make her breathe, but in a just a few minutes she would stop again. So then all I could do was count the seconds until she took a great, shuddering gasp and began breathing again. It was not at all uncommon to count sixty or more seconds before she would begin breathing on her own, at which point she would be all right for some hours before repeating the pattern.

One morning she just didn't wake up. Her overall health was quite poor and in some ways it was a blessing that she died, her enjoyment of life was gone.

Don't take sleep apnea lightly. I am not directing this at you, Laura, you are taking action that may well save your life. But for the rest of you, if someone tells you that you stop breathing sometimes in the middle of the night, or you know someone in that situation -- get help.

tanstaafl.
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