Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
I was wondering how many of you have been diagnosed with sleep apnea?
I had a sleep study back in 2009, long before my pe's, and was diagnosed with severe apnea. I had 40 something events per hour. Silly me, never followed through with the second study because I stupidly did not take it seriously. Even after my PE's, I did not really think about although my pulmonologist did want me to go for another sleep study. She did not however tell me the direct link apnea has to clotting. I suppose I could have made that obvious connection on my own, but I kept brushing it aside.
Yesterday, I went to my ENT who had scheduled the first study in '09, updated him on my health issues, and he is sending me directly to the second study rather than start at the beginning again, which is what I was hoping for. He feels that more than likely the severity of my apnea in combination with my being a smoker is what caused my clot. He is the first doctor who actually verbalized that.
Anyway, again, was just wondering who else has been diagnosed if anyone?
I had a sleep study back in 2009, long before my pe's, and was diagnosed with severe apnea. I had 40 something events per hour. Silly me, never followed through with the second study because I stupidly did not take it seriously. Even after my PE's, I did not really think about although my pulmonologist did want me to go for another sleep study. She did not however tell me the direct link apnea has to clotting. I suppose I could have made that obvious connection on my own, but I kept brushing it aside.
Yesterday, I went to my ENT who had scheduled the first study in '09, updated him on my health issues, and he is sending me directly to the second study rather than start at the beginning again, which is what I was hoping for. He feels that more than likely the severity of my apnea in combination with my being a smoker is what caused my clot. He is the first doctor who actually verbalized that.
Anyway, again, was just wondering who else has been diagnosed if anyone?
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.
My husband got me a card for our anniversary last week that said:
Sometimes when we're lying in bed, I look over at you and think, "I am so lucky."
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Then you start snoring in that snorty way, and I think "Well, that's annoying, but I'm still lucky."
I'm quite sure my husbands snoring will cause him harm someday, only not due to lack of oxygen. Unless it's caused by my holding a pillow forcefully over his face.
He has Bowler's apnea: That's when he goes bowling and drinking beer with the guys and then snores LOUDLY all night long.
For my husband, it probably would be Buffet Apnea. He does love an a good all-you-can-eat place.
Yes, beer certainly does make it a lot worse! I notice a big difference in my sleep if I even just have a few. I was literally just saying it is simply not worth it anymore to even bother with the alcohol. Honestly, kinda bums me out a bit because there are just certain times havnig a drink or two is nice, but my sleep has become much more important to me.
Oh... and I slept for aprox. a whopping 4 hours at my study. ugh!