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| So it looks like I’m turning a corner with my health.
After YEARS of ratcheting up my blood pressure meds every visit (starting with an E.R. visit with it at 220/140) my blood pressure was the best it has ever been in a doctor’s office when I was in last week. If this continues we’ll be reducing my medication.
I’d known for years I snore terribly, and would warn folks sharing a hotel room with me to be sure and fall asleep first. I didn’t know the half of it.
I’ve always nodded off in the tractor while baling hay late at night, but this had been getting worse. This summer I started doing it while driving...and I decided something had to change as I was driving past Fort Riley on the interstate and woke up in a different lane than I had been driving in. Killing myself would have been one thing; I didn’t want to be a danger to others.
So a few thousand dollars and a sleep study later: I feel fantastic. I’ve been using an APAP since October and I’m happier than I’ve felt in years. Amazing what getting more than a minute of sleep at a time will do for you.
If you have any of the symptoms (especially blood pressure that seems to adapt to the prescribed meds after a month or two) please have the sleep study done. It’s well worth the money. | |
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Sleep Apnea
