I am 99% sure my friend has Sleep Apnea. He is too. Problem is, he's not going to do anything about it. The reason: purely financial.



I have been spending the weekend with a dear childhood friend; I'll call him Bruce. Now, I'm an odd kind of guy in a lot of ways, not the least being that not many conversations go by when I don't mention something Sleep Apnea related. So the conversation of course turned to Sleep Apnea. I was taken aback when Bruce not only knew what Sleep… Continue

If you or someone you know has one or more of the following symptoms, it may be Sleep Apnea:



• Snoring

• Gasping for air or stopping breathing during sleep

• Falling asleep in inappropriate situations, such as while driving, at a movie, or sitting in a meeting

• Waking up feeling unrefreshed

• Large neck size (greater than 17” in men; greater than 16” in women)

• Morning headaches

• Getting up during the night to… Continue

I have copied the following here from my personal blog. It has been lightly edited but is mostly the way I wrote it on March 7, 2007 after I had completed my second sleep study or Titration test. I am posting it here to capture how I was feeling before starting CPAP treatment.



After 18 months, or so, of weight gain, loss of drive to do just about anything, and a complete lack of energy, I awoke one night in January gasping for air, scaring the hell out of both my wife and… Continue