Conquered Challenges

Aug
13
2011

CPAP makes me fart and belch … help!

Question: Help me, please! My CPAP is making me fart and belch. I’ve been using CPAP for 18 months and this is just starting for no other conceivable answer. Any ideas what I can do because this is really embarassing, though as a teen, I probably would have loved it. Tweet


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Dec
2
2008

The dentist’s office and sauna helped me maintain a sleepy lifestyle

My life has been a long sleepy saga. I’ve lived a life constantly feeling sleepy. I was sleepy during my wedding. I was sleep during my honeymoon. I was sleepy when my children were born.

I managed to destroy to fulfilling careers without ever really getting to enjoy them because I was always sleepy. So sleepy, in fact, I would fall asleep while holding open houses. Other times I fell asleep while waiting for signals about commodity trades, including some worth from $200 million dollars and up.


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Apr
4
2008

‘I had a UPPP to treat apnea and now I’m paying for it’

Editor’s Note: Following an episode of CBS’ show, Rules of Engagement, many people were offended by a suggestion in the show that snoring, and more likely, apnea, could be treated by a surgical procedure known as uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. This personal story is a positive result of the public’s resentment of the suggestion.

I’m a 57-year-old woman from the Washington, D.C. metro area who underwent uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) surgery in July, 2005, because I was told it would treat my severe obstructive sleep apnea.


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Interesting Apnea Statistics
~~ Apnea in United States ~~

As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the U.S. population
was 306,340,710. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 21,443,850 apneics in the U.S.

~~ Apnea around the world ~~

As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the world population
was 6,777,286,604. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 474,410,062 apneics in the world.