The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

Well darn. I knew you were doing work with solid blocks of clay but I was hoping maybe there was a ceramics shop around you somewhere. I swear the closest one I can find in in the middle of Kansas. Not even close enough for a day trip but.....maybe I can email them. Hmmmmmm.

Anyhoo, so how are you feeling these days? More rested I hope.

Nope. I want to see an Endocrinologist, but the NP wants me to have a sleep study first. Ugh.
How are you doing Becky?

 

[microchick]

Nope. I want to see an Endocrinologist, but the NP wants me to have a sleep study first. Ugh.
How are you doing Becky?

Slowly getting over the shoulder and biceps surgery. Doc discharged me three weeks ago but told me to take it easy and not do a lot of pushing and pulling with that arm. No desire to do that. Strength is returning slowly but I doubt if it will ever return 100%. Told DH this morning, at least the damage is repaired and you can't expect perfect at my age so I'm happy with whatever I get as long as I have use of the arm back which I do.

DH went through the sleep studies twice for his A-Fib. He thought it was funny that they basically, which you know, wire you for sound with what seems like 800 wires attached to you then tell you to fall asleep in a strange bed in a strange room with somebody watching you through a two way mirror. The second study was to work out a treatment plan. Only difference was he wore a CPAP during that study.

When he was in the ER the second time for his cholecystitis they started giving him Morphine which meant he fell asleep and since he wasn't wearing O2 his sats would drop in the upper 80s. I'd nudge him and tell him to take a deep breath when it fell down to 87. Nurse came in, watched his sats looked at me and said let me guess. Sleep apnea. Yeppers. He started him on 02. He does so well with the CPAP at home that it's amazing.

 

[Cynthia12]

Slowly getting over the shoulder and biceps surgery. Doc discharged me three weeks ago but told me to take it easy and not do a lot of pushing and pulling with that arm. No desire to do that. Strength is returning slowly but I doubt if it will ever return 100%. Told DH this morning, at least the damage is repaired and you can't expect perfect at my age so I'm happy with whatever I get as long as I have use of the arm back which I do.

DH went through the sleep studies twice for his A-Fib. He thought it was funny that they basically, which you know, wire you for sound with what seems like 800 wires attached to you then tell you to fall asleep in a strange bed in a strange room with somebody watching you through a two way mirror. The second study was to work out a treatment plan. Only difference was he wore a CPAP during that study.

When he was in the ER the second time for his cholecystitis they started giving him Morphine which meant he fell asleep and since he wasn't wearing O2 his sats would drop in the upper 80s. I'd nudge him and tell him to take a deep breath when it fell down to 87. Nurse came in, watched his sats looked at me and said let me guess. Sleep apnea. Yeppers. He started him on 02. He does so well with the CPAP at home that it's amazing.

I did a sleep study ~ at home.
Tried the CPAP. Couldn't do it. Couldn't sleep with that thing on.

 

[Cynthia12]

Good afternoon Old Folks.

 

[Sally PB]

Tried the CPAP. Couldn't do it. Couldn't sleep with that thing on.

What about the Inspire thing that they advertise on TV? Does it work?

 

[Cynthia12]

What about the Inspire thing that they advertise on TV? Does it work?

Ooo, had to look that up. Interesting.

 

[microchick]

I did a sleep study ~ at home.
Tried the CPAP. Couldn't do it. Couldn't sleep with that thing on.

That's what I told my husband. He said once that maybe I needed a sleep study and I told him that I was really impressed on how well he handled the CPAP machine because I didn't think I would do nearly as well as he is doing. I'm too locked into a routine when I go to bed. Maybe with time I could do it, changing my routine to include the CPAP but he got in bed the first night, put on the head gear, turned it on and immediately went to sleep. It was like....wow!

But they told him that the incidence of sleep apnea in people with A-Fib was VERY high and that his degree of apnea was also high so it was like,yeah, you gotta use it.

 

[Cynthia12]

That's what I told my husband. He said once that maybe I needed a sleep study and I told him that I was really impressed on how well he handled the CPAP machine because I didn't think I would do nearly as well as he is doing. I'm too locked into a routine when I go to bed. Maybe with time I could do it, changing my routine to include the CPAP but he got in bed the first night, put on the head gear, turned it on and immediately went to sleep. It was like....wow!

But they told him that the incidence of sleep apnea in people with A-Fib was VERY high and that his degree of apnea was also high so it was like,yeah, you gotta use it.

I have A Fib. Had two heart ablations. They didn't work. They said they didn't dare go back in, might make it worse. Meds? No. I'm super sensitive to them. I tried a couple. Instant headaches, migraines. I'm just used to them now.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I feel so safe medically as there is one pill to stop the pain.
heart pill and thyroid pill a statin as I like what I cook.

 

[Nomadicus]

I've used a CPAP for a few decades now. Ma had to start using one with the O2 line attached to hers. If I'm sleepy enough I fall asleep without a problem. Ma didn't think she was going to be able to use one with the mask on her face but she easily adapted after all.