Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Thanks, Eleanor. I need that kick in the butt. OK...will do, I promise!Eleanor Oster wrote: PLEASE take sleep apnea seriously and get the darned machine. NOW!!!If I sound a little, er, strident about it, I have a good reason. In 1995 I was unexepctedly widowed, BY SLEEP APNEA! I woke up with my husband having a grand mal seizure due to lack of oxygen getting to his brain. By then he was breathing again, but it was is called agonal breathing, which basically means your brain is toast!I have since gotten married again, to a man with sleep apnea. He has a CPAP machine, and he keeps breathing! The only problem is that if there is a power failure, I don't let him go to sleep. Been widowed once, don't want to go through that again.Not only does sleep apnea kill people while they are sleeping, but people with the condition have much higher rates of almost any sort of traumatic injury, from auto accidents to on-the-job injuries. My current hubby rolled his vehicle many years ago when he fell asleep at the wheel. The problem is that people with sleep apnea are constantly fatigued, because the quality of their sleep is poor. The oxygen deprivation also puts the body organs at greater risk.Alright, off my soapbox, but please do understand that it is serious!-- Eleanor Ostereleanor@... (personal address)www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htmBerkeley, CAOpen RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)05/09/2003 319 Orientation07/15/2003 ~290 SurgeryCurrent <165 Goal until plastics?Goal 140-150? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Oh thank God he is! I have already started with him, I sent him your email and mentioned it to him. Fortunately I won't have to do more than I have, he'll take care of it. They said they weren't sure he had it, and I suspect he may not, but just don't want to take any chances. LaWanda At 06:36 PM 12/20/04, you wrote: >Glad to spread the word! Unfortunately, Marty would not have gotten >tested, even if he heard that sleep apnea could be fatal. He was one of >those guys who thought he was immortal, and that any consequences >wouldn'd dare happen to him! > >Fortunately (my current hubby) is MUCH more reasonable! I hope >yours is too! > >LaWanda Ezell wrote: > > > Eleanor, thanks for telling us this! I really didn't know that sleep > > apnea was so serious! My dear husband has been told that he might > > have it, by the anesthesiologist at Kaiser Freemont, and so now he > > will get tested for it. Now I will make sure that he has it asap! > > LaWanda > >-- > >Eleanor Oster >eleanor@... (personal address) >www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm >Berkeley, CA >Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 > P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) >05/09/2003 319 Orientation >07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery >Current <165 Goal until plastics? >Goal 140-150? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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