Well, actually, jeffp...I was awake and done by 5am!**bg** Just in time for all of the phunny stuphph in this thread. You are all so baaaaaddd!

Thanks so much, Jude and the rest of ya. I had a couple of rough goes, esp. when we went from diagnosis to treatment with a small mask over my nose and no mouth breathing. Felt as though I would suffocate which the tech and I fought hard to keep from causing a full-blowing(sic) panic attack, but we did succeed.

Of the seven kinds of sleep apnea, I have three, and contrary to some popular beliefs, being a plump ewe doesn't enter into it as much as I thought.

It really is going to help tremendously. My heart rate went lower than it has been in years, yet the O2, etc. stayed up where it needed to be! He told me he'd had two other women in the past three weeks, in-patients at hospital, who'd come in with chf which was attributable to sleep apnea. So, maybe my poor old valve isn't the only culprit.

Anyway, it was a bit uncomfortable, and, yes, they do wake you frequently, but I was kind of semi-awake anyway, or so I thought, so it didn't bother me, too much. After we put the mask on I got two GOOD hours of solid sleep which was wonderful! The worse thing was my hair having gooey stuff in it to keep the leads on and not being able to comb it out. Just got out of the shower and am now going to go ta bed!

Toodle-oo!

luvyakat