It's good that you finally have a reason for your continued tiredness. Keith was diagnosed with sleep apnea several years ago, and he used CPAP but eventually had surgery to reshape his throat. You might want to talk to him.
I have also been spending an inordinate amount of time on the computer recently. I'm not particularly pleased that I have been gaming and web-surfing so much, but for hours every day I am pinned to the bed while nursing Ellie, and the laptop has become a constant companion. Even now she has finished eating but is laying on my chest and sucking on my arm as she falls asleep.
Just confirming what I already knew: I've got a big mouth..berkeleyjewApril 26 2007, 01:27:39 UTC
Hmmm... we'll see about reshaping my throat-- the pulmonary specialist said I have a large airway to go with my large tonsils, so hopefully I wouldn't have to do much after removing them.
It's an even stranger texture.berkeleyjewApril 26 2007, 01:22:48 UTC
(I hope you're not eating anything..) I'd say that accurately captures the feel of running a finger against the outside of my nose: smooth and firm, but soft, and leaving a slightly greasy residue.
thanks for sharing this story. my mom has been sort of on (and off) my case about seeing a sleep ... doctor ... person. i'm tired a lot too. how did you find your sleep doctor person? i guess i could start asking at tang or something...
I asked for a study, to check for Sleep Apnea. There's a sleep center in Walnut Creek, another at Stanford, and others in the Bay Area. If your doctor prescribes it, Blue Shield should take care of it.
Hard to concentrate on getting treatment when you're tired all the time, isn't it? I'm glad at least one other person understands my pain (though not that you're experiencing something like it).
Wow. Sleep apnea, huh. I hope that gets taken care of soon. I tend to hold my breath when I'm stressed, including during that falling asleep/waking up stage, and even that is exhausting, so I can't imagine during sleep.
I'm amused by your facial story. Never had one, m'self.
Thanks (and here I thought I'd be chided for hypochondria)! Actually, I pretty much have been grinning and bearing it. After all, it took me this long to realize it was a problem.
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure They say it's fully automatic, but actually you have to press a button on the top. It's got a humidifier built in too. Spiffy.
I'm not sure what a bipap is, but I suspect it's something different.
I think I may simply call it my "Piggy Nose Machine". (No, not really.) The thing really looks like a cross between a comic book mind-control device and something designed by a 7-year-old. But then again, it's not really something meant to be worn out in public.
Well, even if you did just grin and bear it for years, I'm glad you QUIT grinning and bearing it. (Says the girl who's grimaced in pain over a weird throat thing for four days now, and fully plans to ignore it until at least Monday.)
I wikied "bipap," and it actually directed me right back to CPAP, where I found this: VPAP™ or BiPAP® (Variable/Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure) provides two levels of pressure: one for inhalation (IPAP) and a lower pressure during exhalation (EPAP) My friend was using his system for complications of ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease, so I knew it was breathing-related and suspected it was similar.
Damn. I stand corrected! Hmm, now that you mention it, the technician who fitted me for my mask said it monitored my breathing and could up the pressure if it detected a leak. Perhaps it's the same machine set to work in a different mode?
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I have also been spending an inordinate amount of time on the computer recently. I'm not particularly pleased that I have been gaming and web-surfing so much, but for hours every day I am pinned to the bed while nursing Ellie, and the laptop has become a constant companion. Even now she has finished eating but is laying on my chest and sucking on my arm as she falls asleep.
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the pulmonary specialist said I have a large airway to go with my large tonsils, so hopefully I wouldn't have to do much after removing them.
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I'd say that accurately captures the feel of running a finger against the outside of my nose: smooth and firm, but soft, and leaving a slightly greasy residue.
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Hard to concentrate on getting treatment when you're tired all the time, isn't it? I'm glad at least one other person understands my pain (though not that you're experiencing something like it).
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I'm amused by your facial story. Never had one, m'self.
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May I ask what CPAP stands for? A friend of mine was on "bipap"--I imagine they're similar?
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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
They say it's fully automatic, but actually you have to press a button on the top. It's got a humidifier built in too. Spiffy.
I'm not sure what a bipap is, but I suspect it's something different.
I think I may simply call it my "Piggy Nose Machine". (No, not really.) The thing really looks like a cross between a comic book mind-control device and something designed by a 7-year-old. But then again, it's not really something meant to be worn out in public.
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I wikied "bipap," and it actually directed me right back to CPAP, where I found this: VPAP™ or BiPAP® (Variable/Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure) provides two levels of pressure: one for inhalation (IPAP) and a lower pressure during exhalation (EPAP)
My friend was using his system for complications of ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease, so I knew it was breathing-related and suspected it was similar.
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Hmm, now that you mention it, the technician who fitted me for my mask said it monitored my breathing and could up the pressure if it detected a leak. Perhaps it's the same machine set to work in a different mode?
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