Exercise and Fitness

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I was laying there thinking it had been an hour already and if I couldn't sleep, the whole thing would be a waste. Then the sleep lab tech knocked and came in. She told me I had sleep apnea and it had been two hours. I had been falling asleep and having events at the rate of 40 per hour. She showed me video of it in the morning.

Once diagnosed she put me on a CPAP, and I slept like a baby the rest of the night. When I woke up, I felt so good I wanted to get my CPAP that day, but it took about a week.

You didn't say you had sleep apnea, but it is amazing how screwed up our sleep can be without our knowing. I had both shoulders replaced in the last year and just recently got the right rehabbed enough to lay on that side. It's the first time I could roll over to either side and sleep for at least ten years. I've lost enough weight and improved my health enough that I may ask for another sleep study to see if I can lose the CPAP. That would be nice, but I sleep great with it.