How many quilters here have any medically diagnosed sleep disorder?
How many use a CPAP machine?
I have just used my CPAP for the first night. I'm still a bit intimidated by it! I have the nose pillow mask and can't determine whether the Small or the Xsmall nose piece fits better (neither could the respiratory tech who fitted and instructed me:shock:).
And this morning, after nearly 11 hours of "sleep", I still feel quite sleepy, a bit headachey, foggy-brained, goopy-eyed, and "off". I'm thinking seriously about going back for a nap though I've only been up for 2.5 hours!
My Tech told me they 'place' about 30-40 of these units a MONTH!! In a town and surrounding area of about 100,000 people, wow!
My OSA is "severe" -- I was so shocked! -- and I am eternally grateful my pediatrician DD insisted, (vociferously, persistently) that I be checked out. Her education has already been worth it to us as she has surely saved my life. The doc said I've had this for a long time; and here I thought I was just getting old, achy, forgetful, fat, and overwhelmed!! ALL these things may well be helped by use of the CPAP machine, amazing! I'm going to be a new person soon....new hips, new sleep, better brain, less pain....look out world, LOL!
So, I'm wondering how many quilters, who are often (but not always!!) over 50, "fluffy", and creative (as in 'sensitive' to what's around them), are also victims of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Please share with us.
Jan in VA