Snore? Tired all the Time? Overweight?

Developed that years ago when I started getting fat...would get no rest and was always tired though sleeping lots of hours. Would fall asleep at the stop light and the guy behind would have to honk to get me going.

When overweight it seems to develop a flap in the back of your airway that shuts off breathing when you get fully relaxed and into REM sleep. (rapid eye movement) which is the deep sleep you have to get into to rest up. This wakes you almost all the way back up and you never get deep sleep, that is the snort and stop breathing. You go to dangerously low oxygen and can kill you, before you gasp and restart.

You wont know about any of this, yourself which is why they do a test. They will find if you have periods breathing stops altogether until oxygen deprivation arouses you enough to start breathing again. These episodes of breathing cessation are dangerous and affect your blood sugar levels.

Solution, a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine that gently blows pressurized air into your airway to prevent the soft tissues from collapsing.

Fixes problem immediately, no snoring, no tossing and turning, no starting and snorting to catch your breath.

No more exhausted all day, when you thought it was really a bitch, this getting old thing.

Like my machine so much, even though I have lost my weight and flap and likely can get along without it, I keep using it. That is another story we will go into later.

By the way, I had a friend who got one and could not tolerate it, had an operation instead. Often does not work and not usually recommended for oldies.

Step son had an operation for it, (young, great success) he was getting kicked out for constantly falling asleep and snoring in class, was tired all the time, almost had to dump him out of bed in the am to get to school no matter what time he went to bed.

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