Last night I did my second sleep study in the last 4 or 5 years. The results were about the same, this time my neuro wants me to do a fallow up with a cpap sleep study, Oh Joy, The sleep study team last night said I didn't stop breathing enough to do the cpap last night, what does a guy to do. I drove there in a bit of a fog, I haven't driven in the dark for quite some time so I had a little fear of driving, but that went fine, the drive home in the dark also went fine.
Sleep is becoming a big issue with me, 3 - 4 hours a night really isn't cutting it. I know it is hard especially hard on the heart so I'll give the cpap a try, would love to get a good nights sleep though. With many folks with pd sleep is just a fond memory, so many things happen when we sleep. The brain shuts down movement so normally you don't move with your dreams, people with pd however do move and react to dreams I have in fact hit my wife during dreams at night, I have also had sleep paralysis. That is a very scary experience in deed.
Well a few hours agot the word from my neurologists, turns out its cpap after all. I go for another sleep study on the 30th of September to get the settings to adjust my new breathing machine. I have more than a few reservations about this whole thing. One of the things that bothers me most about being stuffed up with a cold is trying to breathe out through my nose. Breathing against the pressurized airflow doesn't sound very appealing to me.
On the bright side, my primary care physician ordered a chessboard and men from me for a Christmas gift. Those are turning into a great item. Woodworking is turning into a great new career. Got ane-mail from someone I talked to at the farmers market about some book shelves. He wanted pictures of other work. I am almost as busy as I alone can handle.
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