[geeks] McRib power!

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Sat Jan 12 12:28:51 CST 2002


On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:48:34AM -0600, Eric Dittman wrote:
> Now my wife is concerned I might have sleep apnea since she's
> woken up at night and I wasn't breathing.  She said she either
> shakes me and I start breathing, or after a couple of minutes
> I'll make a loud snort and start breathing on my own.  I am
> tired during the day, and find I sleep better sitting up.  I
> also snore a lot (I just took a look at www.sleepapnea.org and
> checked the symptoms).  Another symptom listed is high blood
> pressure.  In the past year my blood pressure has gone up and
> I've had several tests that so far don't show any cause.

That sounds like it, all right.  Definitely get checked (you'll
need a sleep study) - the sooner, the better.

Luckily, CPAP works fine for me, so no surgery. No how, no way..

Heard too many horror stories of it *not* working.  No fucking way
I'm getting a trache, either.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX



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