Re: DH Question/see post #93534

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> > > > > > Terry,

> > > > > > This whole WLS thing has been a whirlwind

> > for me.

> > > > > > March 10th, my internist

> > > > > > reiterated his feeling that I should

> > consider it

> > > > > > while I still was in good

> > > > > > enough shape to have it. (I'm in great shape

> > for the

> > > > > > shape I'm in!). I told

> > > > > > him not to preach to the converted but to

> > talk my dh

> > > > > > into it. My dh thinks

> > > > > > Dr. Hazzi (whom we both have been seeing for

> > 30

> > > > > > yrs.)walks on water. He

> > > > > > listened, reluctantly agreed, and when Dr.

> > Hazzi

> > > > > > recommended ren,

> > > > > > also of NYU, even offered to go to my

> > consult with

> > > > > > me. Consult was 3/27, got

> > > > > > my insurance approval (that's a loooong

> > story)this

> > > > > > week and am anxiously

> > > > > > awaiting surgery on 6/26.

> > > > > > Wishing you all the luck in the world and a

> > speedy

> > > > > > approval,

> > > > > > Marcia

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > Re:

> > Marcia/C-Paps &

> > > > > > apnea

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Hi Marcia,

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >>>My dh's comments about " alien " and

> > " Darth

> > > > > > Vader " don't help much

> > > > > > > > either.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > LOL! I said I felt like a Cyborg but was

> > glad, at

> > > > > > least, that my dh

> > > > > > > is a big Star Trek fan!

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >>>and maybe a different headgear (she

> > said

> > > > > > there's something newer

> > > > > > > that just came out).

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Let me know what you find out about

> > variations in

> > > > > > the head gear.

> > > > > > > Mine slips all over the place, with every

> > little

> > > > > > move, causing leaks

> > > > > > > around my nostrils. The technician gave

> > me

> > > > > > " longer " pillows that go

> > > > > > > in a bit deeper and it seems to help

> > somewhat...

> > > > > > but I'd still like

> > > > > > > to stop the slippage so the darn

> > contraption is

> > > > > > easier to forget

> > > > > > > about! Can't wait to lose the weight and

> > get rid

> > > > > > of the thing

> > > > > > > altogether!

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >>>You see, I never felt I had problems

> > with my

> > > > > > breathing; sure, I

> > > > > > > was always tired and, boy, do I snore. But

> > I never

> > > > > > struggled with

> > > > > > > breath other than when I had a cold.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > I was the same way. My only clue was that

> > my dh

> > > > > > said for years

> > > > > > > (since pregnancy) that he hears me stop

> > breathing

> > > > > > multiple times

> > > > > > > during the night. That, and I would have

> > to get

> > > > > > up 3-6 times per

> > > > > > > night to pee! Incredible urge to go, but

> > then

> > > > > > almost no volume! I

> > > > > > > just attributed it to the effect of

> > back-to-back

> > > > > > pregnancies and

> > > > > > > childbirths on my body/bladder

> > (coincidentally,

> > > > > > that was when my

> > > > > > > heaviest weight has come on).

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > So, the biggest improvement I see right

> > now in my

> > > > > > sleep is I no

> > > > > > > longer get up during the night to pee!

> > MAYBE once

> > > > > > between 3-5am but

> > > > > > > that is a rarity. The urge to urinate

> > must have

> > > > > > been my body's way

> > > > > > > of preventing a deep enough sleep to cut

> > off

> > > > > > breathing fatally.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >>>The thought that I might have to use

> > this

> > > > > > machine for the rest of

> > > > > > > my life is abhorrant. I'm just praying

> > that

> > > > > > surgery and weight loss

> > > > > > > will eliminate the need for it!

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Amen, sister! You know I actually have my

> > CPAP

> > > > > > rigged up INSIDE my

> > > > > > > nightstand drawer so it doesn't show

> > itself during

> > > > > > the day in my

> > > > > > > bedroom! At night I leave the drawer wide

> > open so

> > > > > > enough air gets in

> > > > > > > there to operate properly... but I don't

> > even like

> > > > > > looking at it! I

> > > > > > > know, it's my own hangup I have to deal

> > with. The

> > > > > > only reason I even

> > > > > > > went for the sleep test at all was to

> > prove the

> > > > > > apnea as a co-

> > > > > > > morbitidy so my insurance would have to

> > pay for

> > > > > > the DS. I hope to

> >

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