Sleep Apnea Diagnosis

I was diagnosed in 1998 with sleep apnea, the same time I was diagnosed with diabetes. This year I took the sleep study again, after not using the Cpap for a while.. It was the first time that I ever understood what the results meant, and it scared me. It was noted that I had 642 bouts of apnea in 7 hours of sleep, meaning a total of 83 bouts per hour of cessations of non-breathing that lasted for 29 - 46 seconds at a time. Scary That is too many times to stop breathing in an hour and in a night. Also My oxygen level was as low as 35% during my sleep time, as opposed to 100, not good at all. The other things I learned, now I know why so many times I wake up gasping for breath, needing water, making a funny noise in my throat because it is dry, I was told that was proabably part of the obstruction, my esophagus is not working properly due to the apnea. Also, I've been suffering from acid reflux, a funny long burping, I didn't understand this was from the apnea, now I do. I was told that I only enter into level 1 sleep, which is light sleep, could have fooled me. Never deep sleep, It was too much that I understood this time, all the more reason for me to look forward to the surgery. I fall asleep at any time that I sit still or relaxed within 5 minutes, it doesn't matter where I am. I have missed my stop on the trolley and public transportation before because of this. They have told me that I should not be driving. Let me hurry up and fix this problem. It also doesn't help I have major sinus problem, and it is uncomfortable in the cpap when I can't breath this is why I don't like to wear it, I will have to change that method, but I hope they can help me with my sinus problem. I hope this information helps someone to understand their information better. Teresa or too pooped to pop.

There are sevral different mask that you can try. Get the company that supplied you with your machine to bring you some mask.