I need a new c-pap machine and have to take a new sleep test before they would give me a new one. They are denying me the sleep test and the new c-pap machine because I am not vaccinated and refuse to take the PCR test.
As I have posted here before, I have never been tested, more a mask once in June 2020, and have never taken the vaccine and I intend to keep it that way.
As Q state, “Civil suits can be quite effective.”
Not trying to be rude but have two people close to me with apnea and they are both overweight. So rare for a person of correct weight for their height, to have apnea problems. I think it is valid to suggest that people with it, lose weight if they can, because none of us want to have the prospect of hospitals hanging over us. And if I started getting apnea I'd be one of the people who'd be better off if I'd lose some, so I'm sure not finger pointing. We have to try to solve our own issues without the hospital. Maybe in another couple years it will be safer. I pray for that. Scary times.
I agree and do not consider you rude. I got heavy during the end of my working years teaching high school math. When I retired in 20, I weighed 280 and just turned 63. Since retiring, I lost 32 lbs and developed a diet and exercise routine that is keeping the weight loss consistent. I have a goal to be under 240 by the end of the year. I swim laps and dropped my time for the mile by 3 minutes since retiring. My wife says I no longer snore when I take an afternoon nap. There is a lot of room for improvement, but I am happy with the track I am presently on.
Well done!
No vax or PCR for this CPAP user here. Fortunately I have not encountered any such denial of service. I agree with weight loss to reduce dependency on a CPAP, but in the meanwhile you still need one. I would try a different sleep doctor or clinic if that was at all possible. My sleep doctor asked if I was vaxxed, I said no, not interested and we have continued on as we were before the plandemic.
As for weight loss, I have not been able to exercise for more than a year due to bad knees and subsequent knee replacement surgeries (one of which remains problematic). In spite of no exercise, I've successfully lost 50 lbs off my high of 287 in the last year with no exercise, heeding advice found in a book call "The Obesity Code", and can recommend with confidence. 42" waist to 38" waist, 3X shirts to 2X shirts, etc. Makes a huge difference in CPAP pressure needed, as well as in the way I feel. There may be a time when I don't need a CPAP in my future, however I have allergic rhinitis and enjoy sleeping with filtered air anyway.
I have sleep apnea and it's not due to being overweight. If anything, I border on being underweight. For me, it's apparently an hereditary thing. My father was a big-time snorer and probably should have used a cpap. I didn't find out until after I was diagnosed that my father's brother also has sleep apnea, along with both of his children (my cousins). My uncle and one cousin aren't overweight, either.
I was reading a long time ago about non-obstructive sleep apnea, and doctors think it may be a chemical imbalance.
Your brain doesn’t send the correct chemical signal to breathe at night, so you just stop breathing. This is what leads to SIDS in babies.
For adults, they are developed enough to breathe again after a small pause. I think it was linked to serotonin?
I remember reading that it was something to do with a serotonin imbalance. Strangely enough, lab animals with no serotonin were fine (with breathing, but problems in other areas), but lab animals with an imbalance had apnea.
Anyways, just some info I found interesting.
That is interesting
Oddly enough, I have obstructive sleep apnea. It took quite awhile before my doctor finally decided to send me for a sleep study, as I don't fit the mold of the typical person who is prone to it. My major symptom was insomnia. I couldn't fall asleep and would routinely be up until 2 or 3 in the morning. I'd manage a couple of hours of sleep and that would be it. I was constantly exhausted because of it.
The best thing that ever happened to me was getting a cpap machine. I sleep like a baby now.
The people I know who use cpap machines are very overweight as well.
This is something that concerns me if there ever is actually a SHTF scenario. Power grids going down would mean those people wouldn't be able to use their machines. Just something from a prepping point of view, I suppose.
I had a friend die during a power outage - was on cpap and supposedly no one knew the power went out (overnight so everyone was asleep). He suffocated