Sleep apnea OT (was RE: managerial problems was: purpose of ...)

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

Paul,  (I'll linger for just one more post as report I worked on after
posting last night seems to be okay...:-)

I only belabor this OT discussion because there are an estimated
4/6/mebbe-10 millions of sufferers in the U.S. alone.  Probably WAY more
because, for example, they don't autopsy the driver that zones out fer a sec
and crashes.  In Canada, I've read, they can and DO take away driver's
licenses of people with untreated Sleep Apnea.

When I was first diagnosed 4/5? years ago, my O2 rate was 90% and stoppages
of 17.5 per hour.  You are exceedingly lucky Paul, because many (> 30-50%??)
with the various uvuloplasty surgeries don't have such good success.  I'm
very happy for you, as well as 50-70% that have luck with CPAP...:-D  But My
doc could only recommend the **trachea** surgery if CPAP and BiPAP didn't
work out.  And said my case was so severe, he held out estimated 50% hope of
success.  So I didn't go back to see him for 3 years after that.  (Read post
of guy who was VERY enthusiastic about the trach, but followed up later with
"is there an operation to undo this?"...!?!")

As I noted previously my condition has gotten much worse, although Wife and
I thought otherwise because I had more-or-less quit snoring.  There was
experimental drug going through FDA testing at John Hopkins' last year, but
closest satellite testing is down in Cinci (last I heard).  We'll see.

===> MAIN point is that there is NO easy way to know if you have Sleep Apnea
other than getting tested, as Wife and I were stunned.  Now MOST people that
snore do NOT have Sleep Apnea but, as We were surprised to find, just
because you don't sore doesn't NECESSARILY mean a lot.  (There are, of
course, a LOTTA causes for exhaustion, but..)  As You said, Paul, there ARE
several successful treatments for Sleep Apnea that improve quality-of-life
DRAMATICALLY, as many can atest.

(Btw, I have been falsely "accused" of being intelligent but I make NO such
claim.  I'm a heavy smoker which is probably why the CPAP doesn't work.
Along those same lines?.. I actually DID sell the house and bought a 400.
My natural preference is to go for quality over quantity.)

L8trz, debaters...;-D





| -----Original Message-----
| From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
| [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
| Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:15 AM
| To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
| Subject: Re: managerial problems was: purpose of a computer to an
| organization
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| Way OT
|
| JT,
| Been there, done that. Quit screwing around and get the surgery to correct
| your condition.