Re: Sleep apnea?/ GERD/Asthma-Cassandra

May 11, 2008

Cassandra, I am so sorry to hear of the childhood problems. I believe that alot

of us had some type of abuse in childhood.... fibro related or not. But I know

that I just would not like to have to sleep with a mask or something on my face

either. Even if it does not relate to anything in childhood. But I suppose if

it were needed I would certainly give it a try. You face an even greater

challenge though because whatever you experienced probably would lead to

flashbacks or a phobia of having anything attached to your face.

Good luck honey.

love,

Debra V.

Hi everyone, Ok, lets start with GERD. I take Prevacid,( I have Medicare partD

plus a free

supplemental insurance for meds from the State) after trying the other acid meds

Prevacid

seemed to work best for me, just once a day and I was fine. Then came the

incident with

the stomach acid getting into my vocal tract and burning a bunch of tissue and

damaging

my vocal cords. I got the Prevacid two times a day then. I didn't follow up on

the speech

therapy because in the state where I was living then it was just too expensive.

About the sleep apnea- just the possibility of it scares me. I do not have any

heart problems that I know of, other than an occassioanal high pressure reading

and that

is part of the metabolic syndrome that I am recovering from. I told my PCP about

the Cat

Dream and she said it was a classic symptom of nocturnal asthma attack and put

me on a

long acting bronchodilator which does help. I didn't tell her that I'd been

observed to stop

breathing while asleep and them abruptly start again.

I am fearfull of anything restrictive on me when I sleep.

I honestly would rather risk death or further injury to my body.

I am going to be extreemly brave and tell you WHY.

It is because of very scarey and painful abuse that was done to me as a child.

Cassandra

I'm not stuck,I'm just ancestorally challenged.

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