Kind of a let down....but a major eye opener too!

Apr 26, 2012

Well I had the appointment with the Respirologist today, and I guess I got the bad news that I have been avoiding for a few years now. Sort of a confirmation if you will! He pretty much confirmed that I DO have Sleep Apnea, it is on the mild to moderate side, but it is definitely sleep apnea.  CRAP.....well I guess there is no getting away from it now, because now I know for sure. (In my own desperation to not have it, I actually told myself that the last sleep clinic had their heads up their a****, and did not know what they were talking about. Just because I was in denial.  Well the denial cycle is broken now, and I will take this seriously.
But that is not all either. He asked me a lot of questions and examined my extensive list of medications, and came to a possible conclusion that I may also have Restless Leg syndrome as well as sleep disorders of a different nature as well.
I do have a really bad right knee, so I have always put the pain and discomfort and involuntary constant movement of my right leg when I watch T.V. in the evening down to my wrecked knee and the arthritis that I have in it as well. I sure never thought of Restless Leg.... anyways, turns out that some of the restless leg issue may even be caused by some of my medications.  Well, the leg movement could be causing some of the sleep disturbances, so we are going to try to figure out what it is that is actually restless leg and what part of all that disturbed sleep is actually sleep apnea....does that make any sense?
 So, the respirologist is setting me up with a C-pap trial of about 6 weeks in length. And I also have to do an overnight sleep study at the Richmond hospital. Ask me how much I like the idea of the sleep study.
And I just hope that I am in a better place in my life to be able to use the C-Pap machine with out the feeling of not being able to breathe due to the air flow that is forced down my nasal passages.
So all in all, I guess the appointment was OK, the results not totally unexpected. And all was explained to me in a way that I understand and will take much more seriously this time around. After all, I have been granted a second chance and I may not get another one in my life time.

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