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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 9/5/2007 10:04:25 AM | I recently placed a ad in a local newspaper for someone with a cpap machine to please donate it to me. I had a overwelming response. I have over a dozen machines. If there is anyone that needs a machine please contact me. They are totally free. As mine was totally given to me. I want to give then to people who can't afford a machine but need one
Signs of sleep apnea:
1.snoring or catching ones breath and waking oneself up when sleeping
2. severe headaches in the morning- due to lack of proper oxygen the brain swells
3. Brain Fog
4.Can sleep 8 hours and wake up still tired or exhausted.
5, Frequent trips to the bathroom at night.
6.tired all the time during the day
7. falling asleep waiting for a train to pass or a light to change
8. cannot tolerate long driving trips ( more than 2 hours) without feeling drowsy
If you have any combination of these symptoms. call your doctor and talk to him about sleep apnea. You do not have to be overweight to get this sleep apnea. Have your doctor do a sleep lab on you. It could save your life.  | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 9/5/2007 10:49:48 PM | a nose head? OMG *covers head*
I too am a nose head then!
You have to realize that sleep apnea is a silent killer.
I've been on my machine for about 4 years I guess and it saved my life.
Gosh I can't get over I'm a nose head!!!!!!
We should start a club!!!!!!!!!!!!!  | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 9/5/2007 10:52:56 PM | and btw..
if you don't have insurance..
you do have hospital stays that are from $2,500 to $4,000 and that is a night.. you always have 2.
Machines with the humidifier on it costs right at $2,000.
You must change your hoses and masks every 3 and 6 months.
I wouldn't just take a machine. Diagnosis from doctor (neurologist) is best then take your machine and they will calibrate it for you. | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 9/6/2007 9:23:01 AM | | Honey its not nose head. It's hose head! As in you are attached to a nose. Honey , I had the lab test done. They said in a 3 hour period I stopped breathing 95 times. 20 of those times actually woke me up fully. As for hoses and masks, they do not need changed that often, if you have full insurance on you, they say that to get you to pay for the equipment. And yes , I took my machine. to O.E. Meyer and they calibrated it for me. I have only wore my mast one day. THe pressure on my forehead is driving me crazy. | |
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ryn48
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 9/6/2007 7:42:48 PM | hun, I have been in a very serious relationship with a fellow who used the machine at night. Did not bother me a bit. I know of three men I work with that use the machine. All are in very good relationships.
If your hunny loves you, having you around is more important that anything else. | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 9/6/2007 9:30:43 PM | | Ravin, it's good that you are taking action on the sleep apnea, mucho kudos for you! If CPAP does not work for you, there is also BIPAP as an option. There are many instances where patients cannot tolerate a machine, if that is the case, there is a medication available called Provigil that can help with symptoms of OSA. It is an expensive medicine, and some insurance companies may not pay for it, but it helps to aleviate daytime drowsiness if you have sleep apnea. It may be worth talking to your doctor and discussing other options. | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 9/8/2007 7:08:31 AM | | hi all i have sleep apnea,yes i where a mask every night,i have been on it for about 1 1/2 years and wow never had so much energy in the morning,used to have to drink 8 cups of coffee during the day to keep me up.my wife can now sleep without my snoring,we went on a holiday this summer and i didnt take it for 2 weeks and felt terribly tired all day.so now it just comes natural to put it on every night.the C-pap machine is not cheap it runs around $2800.00 for the top of the line machine,which i have,mind you my insurance company paid 80% of it.alot of people are afraid if the go to the doctor with sleep apnea ,the doctor will pull there drivers licence away ,but that if very rare,for those followinf asleep at the wheel of there car.well i agree,but the C-pap will solve that.so anyone with questions or concerns please reply back and i will try to answer your questions...............robert | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/12/2007 12:43:56 PM | Provigil is a medication used to treat excessive day time sleepiness which is a usual symptom of sleep apnea, however this medication would only mask your symptoms, not sure your condition. Provigil or commonly known as Alertec is a drug used to treat Narcolepsy which a neuroligical disorder.
I know because I have sleep apnea and never felt better with the CPAP machine but my first doctor did not noticed my factured sleep patterns. Going into REM sleep after falling asleep is a usual sign of Narcolepsy.
I have now gone for a sleep study test to see if I do in fact have narcolepsy and it is an insidious condition that controls your life.
Sleep apnea is best treated with weight management and a CPAP machine....not Provigil......the reason I am bringing this up because people who have severe sleep apnea have a 20% chance of death within 10 yrs because of the strain on the heart due to the sleep apnea......your chances of a stroke or a heart attack with untreated sleep apnea is 4 times greater than that of a smoker.
If you have sleep apnea try to get used to the machine and lose weight....both have worked for me but I am still combating excessive day time sleepiness which of course makes me a real fun date! | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/13/2007 4:41:45 PM | My sweetie is a hose head. He did not tell me about it until our first sleepover. Then he told me about the sleep apnea, the sleep study and show me the machine and demonstrated how it worked. My first response was "I am having a sleep over with Mr. Snuffleuppagus. " I do not mind him wearing it because I am not worried about being kept up all night and I did not worried about him stopping breathing. He has a smaller mask now and it is a lot quieter. It really will not be too big a shock if you talk about it. Good luck and do not feel self-conscious.  | |
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wowsad
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/15/2007 4:27:47 AM | | i honestly don't know if i could be with a chick who needed a machine to sleep, that'd be a little weird if she wanted to sleep over and had to bring a machine with her. it'd be one thing if i was already in a relationship with a chick and she needed it, but i don't think i'd start dating one. maybe i'm an ***hole. | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/15/2007 8:20:21 PM | wowsad, would you rather your "chick" used a machine to keep her breathing at night, therefore enabling her to stay alive for you???
Or......are you going to be that a** hole as you put it, out of ignorance???
My money goes on the latter, you are young and clueless............
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/16/2007 10:40:12 AM |
Being recently diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I would like to know when and how you would tell your date your a hose head? Should I wait til its serious. I would like to know what others have done to bring this subject up with their dates.
I do NOT have sleep apnea but i do have a medical condition and tell women about it before i meet them in person.
It is better to be honest at the beginning
About 1 in 15 Americans have some form of sleep apnea and they might also have it and are too afraid to tell you | |
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wowsad
| | Joined: 11/28/2005
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/17/2007 7:48:53 PM | i didn't say that if i was dating somebody, that i wouldn't want them to use their machine if they needed it. i'm saying that if i knew beforehand, that a girl had to use a machine like that, i might think twice about dating her. i mean, i'm just being honest, you can take it or leave it. i really don't care either way. i'm young and clueless. i love it. everytime somebody who is older has an opinion that differs from that of a younger person, their immediate reaction is to mention the age difference. my opinion has nothing to do with my age, or clueless...ness. i have a clue, and i'm old enough to make decisions and stand by them. beyond that, there's nothing more that i can do.
but to sum everything up, yes if i was dating a girl and she was diagnosed with a disorder, i would want her to do whatever she had to do medically. but i'm unsure of whether or not i would start a relationship with somebody who had a medical disorder.
i guess part of the reason why i feel this way is because i'm at a point in my life where i have the luxury to trim down my dating pool, and look for somebody with more of a specific range of qualities. all limbs, no machines to live, hearing/sight, etc... when i reach the point that some of you have, where my dating pool has significantly shrunk, maybe then i will consider people with those problems as well. if this makes me an asshole, then great. i'll be the forum asshole. but i think that this is common practice, and its just socially unacceptable to converse about it. which is fine. i really don't care what people think of me on here, but the person who posted this thread obviously wanted honest opinions, and my opinion is probably the most honest out of all of yours. and if thats the case, who's clueless? | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/17/2007 8:20:33 PM | Well wowsad, nice speech...........
How about we eliminate everybody that has any kind of medical problem or disability, then your dating pool will be virtually non existant. It may be your perogative to choose a partner based on certain criteria, but I think you are being very negative, and yes, medically clueless........ maybe in a few years or so, you may think differently, I certainly hope so....... OSA is a very common disorder, but it is treatable, it is not a terminal illness......... | |
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/18/2007 5:23:39 AM | The topic of sleep apnea will probably come up in conversation at some point; you could mention you have it. I wouldn't go into the details unless you knew the relationship was going to become more intimate.
I was a "hose head" (love it!) before I had GBS; I'm glad you took the steps necessary to take care of yourself. SA is very serious and the machine makes *such* a difference in the quality of life!
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| How do you tell your date you've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea
Posted: 11/18/2007 5:52:06 AM | Honesty is the best policy. I have had sleep apnea since in my early twenties, so I have told quite a few guys - it never stops them in their tracks. I would say the odds are rare that snoring totally keeps them away if they are interested.
Both my friend and I snore. I find his snoring kind of soothing. He's ok with my snoring now that it is more quiet.
My late great husband couldn't fall asleep until he knew I was underway - I lulled him to sleep with my snoring - no, I can't believe it either... must have been the rocking of the walls. That is true love girls.
I stand by the pillar procedure, and so does my SO. If memory serves, it was about $1200. and took all of 15 minutes.
Also, we find that humidifiers help keep the air moist and can be placed close to the bed.
He and I will dab vicks mentholatum under the nose and on the chest if we are sick. That keeps the nose and nasal passages open longer. | |
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) Seems like he told me in the beginning and it wasn't a deal-breaker. It was a bit odd at first to not be able to cuddle as close, but I am a sound sleeper, so the noise didn't bother me.