Sleep Apnea...Proceeding after diagnosis

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  1. moraramis

    moraramis Light Load Member

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    After reading this thread I went ahead and scheduled a sleep study through my primary care physician. The sleep clinic sent me home with this halo device I had to wear on my head. It had three leads that pressed against my forehead, and a fourth one on a collar that the halo device hooked into through a black cord. I had these clear lines I had to put in my nose. Let me tell you I should of put myself in a Nyquil coma before trying to sleep with that thing because it was really hard to. The clear plastic lines hurt my nose, and the halo thing was uncomfortable to sleep with in any position. I think I only slept an hour while I laid there half asleep for four hours, and fully awake for at least three hours.

    I have to turn the machine in this morning and get this collar cut off me. I never once hit a deep sleep during the time I had it on, so if I test positive for sleep apnea I'll know for sure I was scammed.
     
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  3. tow614

    tow614 Road Train Member

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    My study was done at their facility....put a couple dozen leads on me and 2 up my nose...i still slept ok
     
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  4. xlsdraw

    xlsdraw Road Train Member

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    My test was done like yours. I slept ok too after maybe 30-45 minutes getting settled in. I had only gotten 4 hours sleep the night before and was up about 17 hours before the test began. I didn't even do a bathroom run I was so tired. Two of us were tested the same night in adjacent hotel rooms while a Respiratory Tech monitored in another adjacent hotel room.

    Our test included sensors/devices on our legs, head, chest, belly, in-nose, and a thimble type oxygen sensor on an index finger.
     
  5. xlsdraw

    xlsdraw Road Train Member

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    I think our test was around 7 hours. It would be hard to imagine your test could provide much data if you couldn't actually sleep. There seems to be a great deal of variance between the type/quality of testing. That may speak to the great deal of variance between the pricing that exists.
     
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  6. tow614

    tow614 Road Train Member

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    The place i went to in my home town has their own bedrooms and a really nice setup..they can only do 2 per night. The total cost was $356.00
     
  7. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Sorry it didn't work out with CRETE.What about going back to Heyl,don't they have local drivers where you live?
     
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    xlsdraw Road Train Member

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    I haven't called them. You have to park the equipment at their yard. That would be a 45 minute drive each way for I think $140 or $150 per day. Tampa is not much further.
     
  9. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    You left Heyl on good terms I think they'll be more then happy to rehire you and work with you on finding a place near your home to park the trk.
     
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    Most Americans daily commute to work is 45 minutes to an hour.
     
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    At least..
     
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