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Sleep Study

OldBones-Larry
5 10 116

Last Friday I visited my neurologist. I was there to check on the results of my latest sleep study.

I finally slept long enough to get a great reading. Five hours of data later, I am diagnosed as having Obstructive Sleep Apnea. 

I had plenty of episodes of apnea and Oxygen desaturation to warrant a PAP machine. At one point I dropped to 74% saturation. 

The RLS has been treated very well with medication and was non-existant on this study.

I will be going back to the center this Sunday night to titrate a PAP machine. I should have mine here at home by the end of the month.

To those traveling NML, remain strong and be wary of the traps Nic and his bunch have set out there. Trust your camel as she will know the path across the desert.

To those just beginning your quit journey, trust in yourself and the support of those that have gone before you. We are all ready to give aid as needed. 

Wishing all safe travels.....

One step, and then another, will get you to where you want to be.

Larry the Caravan Master

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I am a male that underwent coronary artery bypass X3 (triple) on 10/22/13 at the age of 55. I was living on about 20-30% of one coronary artery and my left heart output was only 20% to 25%. I spent a week in the hospital after surgery and went home. Then had to go back a day later for another week because I had pneumonia. Finally a few days because of a slight arythmia. All told it has been about 2 1/2 weeks. I am past the cravings by now and only have the urges to contend with. I really don't suggest that anyone quits smoking using this technique though. I'll have to carry the scars from that day for the rest of my life. The large one down the center of my chest, and the ones from several "silent" infarctions. I came that close to the next world. Never again will I subject my body to that (at one point in my life I was smoking 5 packs of cigarillos a day). I now have to say N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever) every day of my life. TheOldGoat-Joan, I miss you terribly my friend. Elder Lists Guilia's: (/blogs/Giulia-blog/2017/06/18/elders-list-ao-december-7-2016 ) or Smorgy's (Chronological Elder List)