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Originally Posted by Lex Luthor
Get a sleep study. If they recommend a CPAP, do it.
20 years ago I did a sleep study because my wife complained that I snored. During the sleep study they put a CPAP on me, and I didn't like it. After an hour or so I walked out and said "Nope, don't want it, not gonna do it".
The problem is that sleep apnea causes lots of health problems. I've had a couple of fairly serious health problems that I might have completely avoided if I had started using a CPAP 20 years ago. Three years ago I decided I was more strongly motivated to wear a CPAP. It took me a couple of days to get used to it, and then it was fine.
The idea of wearing a CPAP is kind of intimidating. The reality is that it's no big deal.
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Yeah, I'm seeing my BP go up, my weight has gone up, I have a weird vision issue where my optic nerve is simply getting pale and none of the experts can really answer why (supposed top of the ladder guy at KU-med). So when my wife said she noticed that I was waking her up by gasping, I called my doc. After the oximeter tests, he's actually saying a lot of the same stuff as you. I was actually on the verge of dropping some serious coin on a trip to Germany for some specialized optic neuropathy therapy that isn't available in the states yet. But with this being what it looks like, I'm going to push all of that to the back burner until I've had the chance to see what this may or may not do on that front.
Bonus points being that I'm 41, and if I do go on a CPAP now, I'm actually doing myself a lot of favors towards heart issues as I get older. So there's a bit of an added incentive there.