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I am a 45 year old female recently diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. My husband said I just stopped breathing throughout the night and snored a little. I am not overweight by no means, I have had my tonsils removed over 5 years ago, I don’t sleep on my back (only on my sides) and I don’t have the typical make up of the sleep apnea person. With my test, I stopped breathing over 40 times an hour with my oxygen levels dropping down to the mid 70’s to 80 each time. I never knew why I was always so tired. When I had my tonsils removed, the ENT MD stated to my husband that I had a very small airway. So, maybe that is the reason. Who knows? Anyway, I am fixing to get my results back from the CPAP test and see how it went. I really didn’t enjoy the test and using the maching. I don’t want to have surgery either. Has anyone had the surgery, and does it work? Or has anyone used the CPAP and it not worked for them?
February 2008
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