Neurologist Appointment...

The Neurologist appointment was kind of bittersweet...

I went there wanting to talk the doctor out of the suggestion of a CPAP machine. Come to find out, my sleep apnea is so bad, that it's my ONLY option. To make matters worse, this apnea that I have is so severe that I will probably have to stay on a machine for the rest of my life. Apparently, my apnea is so severe that I stop breathing 117 times in one hour. Which to think of that in an hour span, there is only 60 minutes in an hour. So, that is like 2 times in one minute. How many breaths do you think we take in one minute?

Anyhow, here is the low down that she gave me. My oxygen level over all is at about 68% when I am sleeping. They would like to see it at 90% for at least 40% of my sleep time. They also found that I do not go into a REM sleep. I actually only made it to the first 2 levels of sleep when I did my sleep study. To kind of make all of this make sense, the average person has an average of >5 apnea's in one hour. A mild case of apnea would be 5-15 apnea's in one hour. A moderate case of apnea would be 15-30 apnea's in one hour and a severe case would be <30 apnea's in one hour. For me, I had 117 apnea's in one hour.

So, with all that said, I am getting sh*ty sleep every night. My body is not getting the energy source that it needs from my sleep, so my body needs to get this energy from somewhere. Well where else does our bodies get energy from? Yup, FOOD!!!

So, this is where the bittersweet comes into play. I am crossing my fingers and hoping, I get on this AWFUL machine, get a good nights sleep for once in my life, and drop the pounds like Van Dam! Not to mention, that maybe I would be able to get off some of this medication that I am on. I hate the fact that I take so many medications. I am 29 years old for goodness sakes and I take as many pills as my 89 year old grandfather (well maybe that is stretching it a bit, but it feels that way). How sad is that?

I get fitted for the CPAP machine next Wednesday, August 18th, and then I have to find out where my insurance company wants me to go to purchase one. YAY, I get to deal with the insurance company, that ought to be fun!

I think that is all, I will keep everyone posted as the days tick by!