Today I am waiting. We have all waited. Despite how busy our lives are and how much we need to accomplish, we allow this to happen. My question is why has it become acceptable?
Why am I waiting? It's because someone is coming to my house between 11am and 1pm. They'll be here 30-45 minutes. In the meantime I'm waiting (and blogging).
Believe it or not, I have a lot of work to get done today. I have a lot of phone calls to make, yet dare not make them and need to cutoff a customer when this person arrives. I just think that would be inconsiderate to them. But isn't this waiting inconsiderate to me?
Of course there is good reason I choose to allow myself to wait. Today is the culmination of a promise I made to my wife and to myself. I'm about to disclose a dirty little secret... I SNORE!!!
Now, I've slept in the same room as myself for 36 years and have never heard myself snore. My wife and several friends we travel with say I snore very badly. It is to the point it interferes with my sleep and my wife's sleep. My New Year's resolution was to do something about it.
After a couple of referrals and doctor's appointments, I had a sleep study done about 4 weeks ago. It turns out I have severe sleep apnea. I stop breathing an average of 41 times an hour in my sleep. This is what killed the great Reggie White in his early 40's.
Today, between 11am and 1pm someone will be coming to my house to deliver and setup my sleep apnea machine. Though I'm not looking forward to sleeping with a mask on, the results should be:
1. I stop snoring which will allow my wife a full night's sleep.
2. I breathe normally throughout the entire night and wake feeling rested.
3. I greatly increase my odds of being alive when the alarm clock goes off in the morning.
With all of those benefits, it is worth the wait.
ummm ya I believe that is worth the wait :-) hope everything works out for you.
It could be worse. You could be waiting for the cable guy or something with a window of between 8 am and 5 pm.
I wish you luck. My husband went thru the whole sleep study thing years ago and has yet to use the mask.
Michelle
Good luck with the mask. I went through the same thing..... uncomfortable but helpful in the end!
It sounds like it is only a secret to you. LOL. It is a funny thing that can be helped sometimes.
Michelle - It definitely could be worse. Good luck convincing your husband to start using his mask.
Bob - Thank you. It definitely is worth the wait.
Good Luck..I hope you find the cure to your sleep problem.....I snore often, but I tell my wife to not wake me...it means I'm in a deep sleep and out cold...she usually shakes the bed and i wind up turning over and that usually ends the snoring.
Good Luck.
Marty
Tyson - Thank you. I'm willing to sacrifice a little comfort for the positive end result.
Heath - You may be right about that. Then again, the sleep center said I have sleep apnea, but did not mention anything about snoring...
Marty - I've woken many a times due to a nudge or poke from my wife. If you have sleep apnea, snoring could actually be preventing you form getting a sound, restful sleep.
Karl I have apnea, try to get a backup mask when you can. When you get used to the CPAP it is hard to sleep without it.
James - I've now used it for two nights. A couple more nights and I think I'll make it without waking up to adjust it. My wife is definitely happy as she is now sleeping much better now that I'm wearing the mask.
Karl, I would say that increasing the odds of being alive when the alarm clock goes off in the morning is pretty strong motivation to wearing the mask. Good luck!
Jay
Jay - Definitely. It's been 4 nights now. Each night I become more comfortable wearing it.