Guest guest Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 My allergist/pulmno ordered an overnight Pulse/Ox a few weeks ago and it showed that I was not getting enough oxygen at night. Therefore, he ordered a " Sleep Study " which I did last night. This morning, I got a diagnosis of " Obrstuctive Sleep Apnea. " The obstruction is in my nasal passages and in my throat since I had two cervical disk fusion surgeries in 1998 and last May. The doctor who did the study is an Internal Medicine/Pulmno/Sleep specialist who really knows his stuff. I had so many wires hooked up to me that I thought I was one of " The Borg " from Star Trek. LOL Looks like my neb will not be the only breathing machine I use from now on (grin) I had fun on the CPAP last night. I asked the doctor if I could put Xopenex in the machine instead of water to kill two birds with one stone. He laughed, said " no " and shook his head. Tomorrow, I get a CPAP of my very own. Can't say I am looking forward to another breathing apparatus.......but as long as I CAN breathe it's fine by me!!!! Thanks to Xolair, I only use the neb maybe once a day, sometimes 2. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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