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Oct 01, 2020, 04:12 PM
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I just got diagnosed with sleep apnea, but I’m going to have to wait a long time for treatment. AISH disability health benefits should cover it, but they’ll require additional testing. I don’t know how long the wait list will be, but many months or possibly more year. This is affecting the quality of my sleep, my anxiety is being triggered and sleep affects my bipolar episodes and my migraines. I wish they would just accept the level 3 testing that I got, but apparently my bipolar meds mean I need the more extensive level 1 test. It’s inpatient, overnight, and someone said Covid-19 is delaying it at some facilities (I don’t know about the one that I would go to.) The problem is that I have to go without treatment for now.
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Oct 01, 2020, 06:22 PM
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I did a three night at home
Test and was dxd with severe sleep apnea. I got my cpap yesterday!
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Oct 01, 2020, 08:27 PM
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There are other options. What type of sleep apnea do you have? Obstructive? Central? What is your AHI, do you know?
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Oct 01, 2020, 08:51 PM
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I'm sorry they won't treat you and get you a cpap/bipap asap. I CAN sleep without it but its not restful sleep because I keep turning over and waking up every time I have apnea. I've written about this in my blog. (In sig below.) Search for "sleep apnea".
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Oct 01, 2020, 08:56 PM
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 01, 2020, 08:58 PM
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 01, 2020, 09:00 PM
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 01, 2020, 09:19 PM
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Oct 01, 2020, 09:28 PM
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 01, 2020, 09:47 PM
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Okay. Got it. Have you ever tried one of those dealies the dentists make that you put in your mouth, or whatever? They do sometimes work.
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Oct 01, 2020, 09:53 PM
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 02, 2020, 03:10 AM
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So I posted on a Facebook group about my worries about getting a CPAP machine and someone is going to send me an old machine of his. He’s not even going to charge me shipping costs. I will need to buy a mask and it may need to be recalibrated, but it’s such a gift. I will still pursue one through AISH since that will allow me the yearly mask replacement and maybe I can give this machine as a donor to other people like me.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 02, 2020, 05:17 AM
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What a sweetie. Yay!
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Oct 02, 2020, 05:22 AM
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I’m looking forward to getting a good night sleep. I hear people wake up rested... even without being hypomania.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 02, 2020, 03:58 PM
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What a break, Merlin! Yay!
I did the in-clinic sleep test in February, my AHI was 11 (mild sleep apnea). I was scheduled to pick up my CPAP in March. The covid hit, the gov shut everything down, and I never did reschedule to pick up the CPAP. So that's my status. Like you, Merlin, I have heard only good reports about using CPAPS.
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Oct 02, 2020, 04:45 PM
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I have been on cpap for over 20 years. Cpaptalk is a good site for info on cpap.
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Oct 02, 2020, 07:35 PM
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Oct 03, 2020, 04:57 PM
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I had to do a three day home test and stoped breathing 170 times. Omg I was scared when she said I had severe sleep apnea!
I now have a cpap I’m trying to get used to!
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Oct 03, 2020, 07:23 PM
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 05, 2020, 10:19 AM
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Oct 05, 2020, 08:26 PM
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