05-18-2021, 09:05 PM
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UnModerator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Happy little update:
Cardioversion 2: electric boogaloo wasa success. Hopefully this whole mess is almost over and done with for me!
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05-23-2021, 09:23 PM
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I agree because it just hurts to live life normally because I can’t’ get enough sleep. I know that there are people who have done well with this issue but it’s such a hassle to deal with if they’re not talking about this.
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09-20-2021, 10:25 PM
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My face is a bum!
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Unfortunately Afib almost never happens just once. The good news is there are lots of good options to try minimize it.
Calgarypuck for Afib: https://www.afibbers.org/forum/index.php
The top level site has lots of good info too.
Given you don't feel your afib (it can be incredibly uncomfortable for some), you may want go invest in a fitness tracker that can identify arrhythmias. More time in afib is more risk of another stroke, and also more risk of structural changes to your heart that will cause more afib.
Hopefully with the sleep apnea treatment you'll be good as gold!
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09-21-2021, 10:55 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Sorry to hear that. My dad also has a lot of heart complications. The blood thinners are a pain too as you need to watch your Vitamin K intake as that is the clotting agent in your blood.
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09-21-2021, 12:17 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Sorry to hear that. My dad also has a lot of heart complications. The blood thinners are a pain too as you need to watch your Vitamin K intake as that is the clotting agent in your blood.
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That is mainly a problem with Warfarin. There are many other blood thinners on the market now where no monitoring is required at all.
I should clarify that the province does not like to pay for the new meds but with strong follow up from your doctor, they will acquiesce.
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09-21-2021, 01:59 PM
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I seldom browse into the Off Topic Forum, but I happened to today and this thread caught my eye near the top.
First off, thanks for sharing your story Blaster86. Hope your recovery has been going well these past few months.
Browsed through some of the giant apnea/CPAP thread, but there's lot there! Figured since this one was newest, just stick with it. I've had a CPAP for about 3 years, but I won't go into detail about my own experience as it's similar to a few other posters. If anyone has questions, I'm more than willing to answer tho.
There's been something I've been wondering tho and I don't think I saw anyone mention it. Does anyone have a CPAP and also sleep with a smartwatch with sleep/heart tracking on? I've had a really simple smartwatch for about a year. It's probably not super sensitive cause it's not high-end, but it definitely picks up movements in my heart rate when I'm awake. I haven't seen any spikes in my heart rate via the watch when I don't sleep with the CPAP. Also my sleep tracking data isn't significantly different with or without CPAP. If I recall correctly, my apnea rate was about 20-30/hour, so not severe as others here, but also not insignificant.
So I'm wondering if anyone here has compared their watch tracking data when sleeping with and without their CPAP.
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05-18-2022, 03:43 PM
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First Line Centre
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My sleep has been an absolute disaster for the past couple of years - it’s really been having a serious impact on my work and home life. Sometimes I get less than 2 hours sleep in a night and even when I do “sleep” I have been waking up feeling like I’ve been on the booze for a month. I thought it was just “mental” insomnia and had unsuccessfully tried sleeping pills. Anyway, I’ve just been diagnosed with very severe apnea - 55 breaks per hour and blood oxygen dropping to just above 80%! I’m kind of bummed but also kind of relieved as at least I know I’m not going insane and it’s something physical - at least a major part of it. Worst thing is the 3-6 month wait to see the cpap specialist to try and get a machine organized - wtf!?!
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05-18-2022, 04:02 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by soreshins
My sleep has been an absolute disaster for the past couple of years - it’s really been having a serious impact on my work and home life. Sometimes I get less than 2 hours sleep in a night and even when I do “sleep” I have been waking up feeling like I’ve been on the booze for a month. I thought it was just “mental” insomnia and had unsuccessfully tried sleeping pills. Anyway, I’ve just been diagnosed with very severe apnea - 55 breaks per hour and blood oxygen dropping to just above 80%! I’m kind of bummed but also kind of relieved as at least I know I’m not going insane and it’s something physical - at least a major part of it. Worst thing is the 3-6 month wait to see the cpap specialist to try and get a machine organized - wtf!?!
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Sleep apnea seems likely. If it was me I’d check buy-and-sell sites as many people get a machine and give up on it. My friend couldn’t tolerate his and abandoned it after only a few uses despite my protests. You couldn’t claim it through a health plan but it could save your life.
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05-19-2022, 07:39 AM
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Franchise Player
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back in october i picked up a new machine and after some hemming and hawing i opted to go with one of those mini travel units - the resmed - this thing is great. so much easier to travel with as the unit itself is about the size of a thicker paperback book versus my old machine which was like a couple of bricks.
only negative thing about a light machine is at night if i turnover the worng way, i pull the machine off the nightstand
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05-19-2022, 07:51 AM
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Franchise Player
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I don't want to downplay sleep apnea, and I'm not sure I ever really had it, but if anyone suffers from snoring(or maybe mild apnea?) I was able to basically eliminate mine. I got a buckwheat pillow, which is awesome, and provides great support(if anyone wants a link, I can post). I think more importantly though, I trained myself to sleep in a better position. It took about a year, but when going to sleep I'd tilt my head back, opening my airway. At first it was a bit uncomfortable, but I wanted to tilt bakc as far as I could to try to build a memory of that position. If I snored, my wife would wake me up and I'd tilt my head again. I just kept this up, and eventually I didn't have to think about it anymore. My wife says she can't even remember the last time I snored. I'm mostly a side sleeper, so instead of letting my chin down to my chest, I just tilt it back.
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