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<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 3407620" data-attributes="member: 1674"><p>The first three months the C-PAP machine uses a transmitter to automatically send data in. After that you take the memory card with you to the pulmonary doctor so he can download the data. No letter from the doc, no DOT card. I did feel like a new man after getting used to the treatment, I have a lot more energy and I wake up fully alert in the morning. I no longer walked around in a daze and didn't nod off while driving long distances. That was one of several reasons I never went into Feeder driving myself.</p><p></p><p>Sleep Apnea is caused by your tongue relaxing when you fall asleep and that blocks off your airway. Your brain automatically wakes you up enough to get your breath, so you don't get any of the deep sleep you need to truly rest. My original sleep study showed I woke over 120 times over the night. I had a deviated septum removed years before that and my tonsils and other soft tissue in the back of my throat removed to increase my airway for the sleep apnea surgery. This surgery has about a 90% failure rate, it did nothing for me. A friend of mine had a custom-made dental appliance made, it did nothing for her. There is a new treatment called Inspire where an implant is installed to solve the problem, its too new for insurance to pay for it yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scratch, post: 3407620, member: 1674"] The first three months the C-PAP machine uses a transmitter to automatically send data in. After that you take the memory card with you to the pulmonary doctor so he can download the data. No letter from the doc, no DOT card. I did feel like a new man after getting used to the treatment, I have a lot more energy and I wake up fully alert in the morning. I no longer walked around in a daze and didn't nod off while driving long distances. That was one of several reasons I never went into Feeder driving myself. Sleep Apnea is caused by your tongue relaxing when you fall asleep and that blocks off your airway. Your brain automatically wakes you up enough to get your breath, so you don't get any of the deep sleep you need to truly rest. My original sleep study showed I woke over 120 times over the night. I had a deviated septum removed years before that and my tonsils and other soft tissue in the back of my throat removed to increase my airway for the sleep apnea surgery. This surgery has about a 90% failure rate, it did nothing for me. A friend of mine had a custom-made dental appliance made, it did nothing for her. There is a new treatment called Inspire where an implant is installed to solve the problem, its too new for insurance to pay for it yet. [/QUOTE]
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