Re: ACNE, SNORING, ETC.~

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In a message dated 08/24/2001 11:30:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

shirley@... writes:

<< Does anyone else have " Rosecia " ? I just realized I'm not sure how to

spell it. It's a form of acne? I've seen other MO's with blemishes and

wondered if it is common. If so, will it go away when I'm at goal? (Doctor

told me they don't know what causes it and don't know how to cure it; I use

" Metrogel " lotion.) >>

Hi Shirley

I just wanted to let you know what worked for me when my roseaca (sp?) was

very bad. I had used that metrogel lotion but it didn't help. My

dermatologist tried a few different oral antibiotics and they didn't help

either. He said that he had one last oral antiobiotic to try - it's called

Monodox. The results for me were nothing short of amazing. Within a few

weeks the redness cleared up substantially and within a month my face was

absolutely clear. I don't know if it works that well for other people with

adult acne but I can say it really, really helped me.

Good luck,

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Alyssa,

I have mild sleep apneia, and my wife says I snoore loud enough to

take the wall paper off (LOL). My wife does not hear the sounds that

are so typical of somebody with severe sleep apneia. I was tested,

and my blood oxegyn only droped twice on the night I was tested, and

only slightly. Appearntly I stop breathing only very breiefly, and

then wake up (not conscious though) and resume normal (but loud)

breathing.

My pulmanoligist says the quickest test for sleep apneia is to

measure the circumfrance of your neck. If you are 17 " or more, then

you are likely to have it. For men it is easy to know because our

dress shirt sizes are based on the neck size. You ladies will have to

pull out the tape measure.

I have noticed that my snooring gets worse when I put on weight. I

look forward to joining my spouse as soon as I loose enough weight.

Anyway, get tested! You probably don't have severe apneia, but even

mild apenea can be helped with a CPAP machine.

Hull

>

> ACNE, SNORING, ETC.~

>

>

> > Does snoring go away? When? My husband now sleeps in another

room with

> both doors closed between >us. He loves me but is a light

sleeper. It's

> very lonely where I am....

>

>

> You're in the same boat as I am, although because our house is so

small

> right now (we're in the middle of construction, though), there's

nowhere for

> my poor dh to go, so he just toughs it out with earplugs AND a

pillow over

> his head. Apparently, I still wake him up. He says that when the

> construction's done, he's going to start sleeping in another room

so he can

> sleep through the night. (

>

> A related question: my ENT thinks I probably have sleep apnea

given my loud

> snoring and the size of my tonsils. My dh says I probably don't

have sleep

> apnea because he's never heard me snort in the middle of the

night. Anyone

> out there w ith mild sleep apnea who didn't know they had it until

a sleep

> study?? Apparently, sleep apnea is one of the few comorbidities

that really

> helps your case w/the insurance b/c you can't treat it with

medicines, and

> it's 100% related to weight.

>

> alyssa