I have/had severe apenea as well.
I tried cpap and bipap, can’t do it.
Finally I woke up one night and it felt like an intruder had come in and put a heavy plastic bag over my face and tightened it across my mouth and nose.
I was wide awake but literally suffocating.
I started to panic and move about the room... my wife was watching me die. Room started going black and spinning, I saw my kids faces in my mind.
I started signing to her 9-1-1 and just then it lifted and I collapsed gasping for air. That was my wake up call. I got lucky.
My weight was in 280’s at the time
I spent years between 270 and upper 290’s... heavy cycles that go along with that too.
Fuuuuuck that, what’s the point of all this muscle if ur dead? To have an extra pallbearer or two at ur funeral? How stupid.
I stay betw. 245-255 now and I have not had any episodes at all.
My sleep is MUCH improved, (confirmed thru a second at home sleep study) health overall is much improved. I regret my years “chasing the dream” now. So much wasted time, but happy to have a second chance.
I tried cpap and bipap, can’t do it.
Finally I woke up one night and it felt like an intruder had come in and put a heavy plastic bag over my face and tightened it across my mouth and nose.
I was wide awake but literally suffocating.
I started to panic and move about the room... my wife was watching me die. Room started going black and spinning, I saw my kids faces in my mind.
I started signing to her 9-1-1 and just then it lifted and I collapsed gasping for air. That was my wake up call. I got lucky.
My weight was in 280’s at the time
I spent years between 270 and upper 290’s... heavy cycles that go along with that too.
Fuuuuuck that, what’s the point of all this muscle if ur dead? To have an extra pallbearer or two at ur funeral? How stupid.
I stay betw. 245-255 now and I have not had any episodes at all.
My sleep is MUCH improved, (confirmed thru a second at home sleep study) health overall is much improved. I regret my years “chasing the dream” now. So much wasted time, but happy to have a second chance.