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[CapricornFarm]

What made you decide to get it treated? Was it because your wife threatened to shove her fist down your throat and yank out that hangy down thing? I never could get DH to get it looked at.

I had my uvula removed, but it didn't help.

 

[bruceha2000]

What made you decide to get it treated? Was it because your wife threatened to shove her fist down your throat and yank out that hangy down thing? I never could get DH to get it looked at.

Has he not noticed that he is tired every morning and all day and that it takes hours for the CO2 headache he has when he gets up in the morning to go away?

DW noticed that I stopped breathing in my sleep then "startled", rolled over and started breathing again. Rinse and repeat many times a night. The paragraph above was more than enough for me to go for a sleep study. I also have fairly mild narcolepsy which is totally unrelated.

They force you to use a CPAP at first as the "standard treatment" that the insurance companies will pay for. When you find that the device of the devil keeps you breathing but doesn't let you sleep they consider other options. In my case the ENT offered body part removal or a trip to a dentist that made oral devices.

I chose the latter. I'm on my 3rd one now, probably 25 years total. The insurance company pays some as "durable medical equipment" though I had to fight with them the first time as they decided since the person making it was a dentist it was for dental purposes.

It would cost the insurance company less to cover the entire cost of the appliance than to buy and replace CPAP machines with humidifiers every few years.

I had my uvula removed, but it didn't help.

They also sometimes take out tonsils. I wasn't about to let them remove body parts to see if that helped or not. Can't exactly put them back in when it doesn't.

 

[Sequel]

Has he not noticed that he is tired every morning and all day and that it takes hours for the CO2 headache he has when he gets up in the morning to go away?

DW noticed that I stopped breathing in my sleep then "startled", rolled over and started breathing again. Rinse and repeat many times a night. The paragraph above was more than enough for me to go for a sleep study. I also have fairly mild narcolepsy which is totally unrelated.

They force you to use a CPAP at first as the "standard treatment" that the insurance companies will pay for. When you find that the device of the devil keeps you breathing but doesn't let you sleep they consider other options. In my case the ENT offered body part removal or a trip to a dentist that made oral devices.

I chose the latter. I'm on my 3rd one now, probably 25 years total. The insurance company pays some as "durable medical equipment" though I had to fight with them the first time as they decided since the person making it was a dentist it was for dental purposes.

It would cost the insurance company less to cover the entire cost of the appliance than to buy and replace CPAP machines with humidifiers every few years.


They also sometimes take out tonsils. I wasn't about to let them remove body parts to see if that helped or not. Can't exactly put them back in when it doesn't.

He’s really extremely stubborn. He says no way he’s going to wear a mask to bed. And yes he’s tired all the time.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Has he not noticed that he is tired every morning and all day and that it takes hours for the CO2 headache he has when he gets up in the morning to go away?

DW noticed that I stopped breathing in my sleep then "startled", rolled over and started breathing again. Rinse and repeat many times a night. The paragraph above was more than enough for me to go for a sleep study. I also have fairly mild narcolepsy which is totally unrelated.

They force you to use a CPAP at first as the "standard treatment" that the insurance companies will pay for. When you find that the device of the devil keeps you breathing but doesn't let you sleep they consider other options. In my case the ENT offered body part removal or a trip to a dentist that made oral devices.

I chose the latter. I'm on my 3rd one now, probably 25 years total. The insurance company pays some as "durable medical equipment" though I had to fight with them the first time as they decided since the person making it was a dentist it was for dental purposes.

It would cost the insurance company less to cover the entire cost of the appliance than to buy and replace CPAP machines with humidifiers every few years.


They also sometimes take out tonsils. I wasn't about to let them remove body parts to see if that helped or not. Can't exactly put them back in when it doesn't.

My tonsils were gone long before that.

 

[sourland]

Good morning.

He’s really extremely stubborn.

Page 52 in 'The Man Book'.

 

[bruceha2000]

He’s really extremely stubborn. He says no way he’s going to wear a mask to bed. And yes he’s tired all the time.

OK, internet doctor with no medical training whatsoever says he has sleep apnea, can you confirm from first hand observation? Does he stop breathing while he is asleep then startle and start breathing again?

He should get a sleep study done and research the TAP device. I see there are similar devices sold for cheap but I don't know how comfortable they are given one size can't fit all when it comes to something that has to fit over your teeth. With TAP, and I presume there are other similar brands, they do a mould of your upper and lower teeth and send those to the lab to make the 2 retainer like parts of the device.

He can be stubborn if he likes but wouldn't he rather be stubborn and not tired all the time?

 

[Sequel]

OK, internet doctor with no medical training whatsoever says he has sleep apnea, can you confirm from first hand observation? Does he stop breathing while he is asleep then startle and start breathing again?

He should get a sleep study done and research the TAP device. I see there are similar devices sold for cheap but I don't know how comfortable they are given one size can't fit all when it comes to something that has to fit over your teeth. With TAP, and I presume there are other similar brands, they do a mould of your upper and lower teeth and send those to the lab to make the 2 retainer like parts of the device.

He can be stubborn if he likes but wouldn't he rather be stubborn and not tired all the ?

You would think so! Omg when we were first married he would scare me to death! He would be struggling to draw a breath, you could see his body trying to suck air but some flappy valve or something closed and he would do a big gasp and start panting. Truly frightening! I lost a lot of sleep over that.

 

[microchick]

Doctor once asked me as an adult when I had my tonsils out. I told him never, I still had them. Nope, he told me, they atrophied on you and are now non existent. Happens in some adults he explained.

Finally, my body did something right. That and being naturally immune to small pox. Everything else is pretty much in the hopper but hey, I'll take what I can get.

Today has beent he first day that feels like Fall here. We have red flag warnings, Wind gusts to 40+MPH, leaves are being ripped from the trees instead of gently floating to the ground. Plus it's in the 50s for highs and 30s for lows.

Got some finishing up as far as winterizing the coop is concerned but for the most part it's snug. 15+ cords of wood in the barn. Yep, Winter....bring it on!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have so darned much to do, it's crazy. And today i planned to clean a stall in the barn, but instead i ended up cleaning up in the workshop hubby says is disgusting.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF.