hey good news on your innards! my ex used a cpap, it helped......some doctors are just asswipes

I know it..couldn't agree more...some docs are worse than others.

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I had a colonoscopy on Valentine's Day. How romantic, huh??? Glad you're clean as a whistle too!

I think doctors are just trying to be thorough. Is a C-pac machine supposed to help you get more non-interrupted sleep? You might really like it. I don't even know how it works, though, so it may be tough to get used to.

I was a dental patient for my daughter recently and she discovered that I'm tearing up my mouth because I grind my teeth so badly in my sleep. I have a mouthguard to try ..... but I haven't. Guess I should stop dishing out advice and take some myself!

Good luck with your sleep apnea.

I used a cpap for almost 3 weeks before I had had enough of that crap. Now since I lost almost 120lbs I don't have osa anymore. The cpap is typically just another money making scheme for companies that are already overflowing with money and just want more so that they start decorating their walls with pictures of Benjamin Franklin - in the US anyway.

Congrats on the colonoscopy results, it must truly be a load off.....your mind that is.

My husband has sleep apnea and has been using a cpap for about 8 years it has been a great help to him. Aleep Apnea affects people in different ways like almost any other illness or disorder it may work for you it may not. My husband would stop breathing many times during the night was always tired and had terrible headaches. It gave him relief from all of those issues and me as well. I no longer worry if he is breathing or not and he no longer snores like a frieght train so when I have difficulty sleeping he is no longer the issue.

Sometimes its hard to find a a doc that knows how to walk that fine line between underreacting and over reacting. Personally I'd rather have an over reactor.

Wish you luck and relief either way you decide to go.

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Maybe your doctor is so melodramatic because sleep apnea prevents you from getting the necessary kind of sleep, which causes other problems as well.

It's particularly not good for people with Bipolar Disorder to be deprived of the right kind of sleep.

It puts undue pressure on the nervous system.

In a ten year study of 1500 men, it was discovered that "Cardiovascular trouble was three times more likely in men with severe untreated sleep apnea than it was in men with treated sleep apnea."

It can also make weight loss extremely difficult, which sucks since weight loss can help alleviate sleep apnea!!! (That is so not fair, LOL!!!)

Slap on that C-PAP, mister!!!!!!

Oh, yeah!!! And congratulations on your colonoscopy results!!!!

Im glad you received such good results... I know a few people that use the machines including my landlord and once you get used to them apparently the sleep quality is much better... not to mention apnea can be pretty dramatic...x

This is exactly way I don't go to DR's, every time I go they tell me something else is wrong with me.

I figure if I stay away from them nothing else can go wrong with me. LMAO!!!!!!!

So glad to hear the good news about your colonscopy, I know that it can weigh heavy on your mind until you get the all clear.

As for the sleep apnea, I had 2 sleep studies and they found I had pretty severe sleep apnea. I was on the c-pap for about 5-6 years and it really helped, my sister is on one also.

I am no longer in need of my c-pap anymore due to a excessive amount of weight loss.

Horray!!!!

Do yourself a favor and get a c-pap it will really help your quality of sleep.

Congrats again on the colonscopy.

Not going to docs because you are afraid of what they will say is called "turning into an ostrich." If you need help, then accept what they offer.

My hubby wears a CPAP and he is better off than all those years of intense snoring. Except Freethinker is right. When he almost died and lost 25 lbs, the sleep apnea stopped. But better to have the machine than headaches, and heart issues.