In my sleep study I averaged 93 events an hour. Stopped breathing for 43 seconds a minute. It was so bad, they came in, woke me up and said “we have to put a mask on you right now!”. The 2 hours I slept with the mask was the best sleep I can ever remember having. I woke up and felt like I slept for 8 hours. Amazing. Looking at the graph of all the wires, I was never in REM, except with the mask. It literally saved my life.
That is what happened to me. She came in and put the nasal mask on me about a hour or so after I fell asleep. I still had problems because I guess I breathe with my mouth open sometimes. I didn’t sleep that great. I kept flipping from my back to my left side, which is what I usually do anyways because of my right thigh that has nerve damage and feels like it is on fire.
My oxygen level was low also.
I did feel somewhat better and I didn’t have a headache when I woke up so I hope a full mask will help.
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This week I get to do my first IV infusion of iron to try to get my levels up. I am very anemic right now and that didn’t help with my oxygen levels either.