[SunRescue] editors

[Christopher Byrne]

I'm mildly sleep apnic myself. I dont generally stop breathing for more than
a second or two, and dont do it often, but I am a chronic insomniac anyway
(I average 4 hours a night, only through years of training myself to sleep
more).

My stepfather is severly sleep apnic, and he is on the same machine, as well
as a nebulizer and some other stuff. THe fact that he was in a major car
accident which rearranged the internal passages of his face dont help any.

Chris Byrne

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Bill Bradford
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 20:02
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] editors


On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 10:10:54PM -0500, dave at cca.org wrote:
> Just to bring this back on-topic - those little italian stovetop
> espresso makers are really fantastic, and they tend to cost around
> $15 new. (The ones where you fill the base with water, put a little
> metal basket in with the coffee grounds, screw it all together, and
> put it on the stove.)

Now that I have energy once again (I was recently diagnosed with
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, so severe it was life-threatening; basically
when I slept I stopped breathing 112 times an hour.. so they put me
on a CPAP (constant positive air pressure) machine thats basically a
air mask I wear while I sleep), caffeine MAJOR affects me.  Used to
be, I could drink 2 Mt. Dew and take two NoDoz and go right to bed;
Tuesday I got the shakes from drinking a single Mello Yellow.

(I guess this kinda stuff happens when your metabolism speeds up and
 you get solid hours of sleep for the first time in 3 years..)

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX
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