Re: contact list, sleeping, hands, sharing

[Guest guest]

Do you use the CDAP for the sleep apnea? I'm about to try it out as I did

the monitor test a couple of months ago and was found to have a " mild "

problem. I wake up tired with mild headaches and seem to not get much

restorative sleep. Further complications result in lower back and various

thorax muscle problems from staying in bed more than 6 hours. - EdM

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Date: Sunday, November 05, 2000 10:25 AM

Subject: [] contact list, sleeping, hands, sharing

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>2) Sleeping, does anyone else get the pleasure of sleep apnea? I was

>diagnosed 4 years ago, saved my life.

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[Guest guest]

Edwin,

Regarding CPAP(Constant Positive Airway Pressure)and sleep apnea.

The problem occurs because when you " forget " to breathe you lose

pressure in the windpipe and it collapses. Then after a period of

time your brain says breathe and you need to suck in enough air to

both inhale and reinflate your windpipe. This frequently will nearly

wake you, but it will keep you from deep and restful sleep. after

several years of this you will develop such a sleep defecit that you

will constantly fall asleep during the day. Hence the danger. The

CPAP has enough pressure to keep your windpipe inflated and then you

don't wake up enough to get out of deep sleep, and then you rest.

The headgear isn't that bad when you compare the result. In my case

I was falling asleep while driving(13 times in one month) I am

lucky. That is basically how it works. I stopped breathing 250 times

in 3 hours of " sleep " often for 25-30 seconds before " jolting " myself

to breathe. The problem could be either obstruction(fatty tissue) or

nerve signal. I have some of each.

good luck

Dick> >

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> 5)swelling, my feet have been swelling tremendously during the day

> for the last four or five weeks. Dr. gave me some prednisone and

> Ultram. Seems to be working. Is swelling part of CMT?

>

> Dick

Hi, Dick. Carolyn here. RE swelling of feet - yes, I have it and it

is extremely irritating on a daily basis. Whether CMT or not, I don't

know, but I think it probably is, in the sense of wear and tear on

the feet and the feet reacting by swelling. (I'm not a nurse or

doctor, but it just seems that way to me.) For sure, standing on my

feet makes the condition much worse! Also contributing factors are

the weather - heat and high humidity will always worsen my edema, so

the Texas summer months are awful. I do not have a good answer! I do

take a mild diuretic and it may help some. Lately I have finally

found some knee-high compression hose that help a lot without being

so tight that they feel like they're cutting off my circulation. They

are Bauer & Black and are sold OTC (I got mine at Eckerd Drugs). They

have styles for men. I use the mildest compression in the largest

size.

For sure also, keeping your feet elevated helps a lot. Standing on

one's feet is a polar opposite of that!

Good luck with a solution. I've discussed this problem with numerous

docs and never gotten a good answer, unfortunately!

Carolyn