Coping and Living With Sleep Apnea

My problems with sleep apnea started about foura danger to myself and other people and should
years ago. At first I did not realize that anythingrather not work anymore. My sleep apnea was so
was wrong with me. As I was doing contractbad that I could not drive my car anymore as I
work at the time, I stayed in caravan parks andfell asleep behind the steering wheel after a couple
slept in a caravan.of miles.
Snoring is one of the symptoms of sleep apnea,About two years ago my snoring became so bad
but as I stayed on my own there was nobodythat my wife could not sleep anymore, she woke
that could have told me that I was snoring duringme many times during the night, one night when
the night. All of a sudden I become very sleepyshe woke me for the umpteenth time I went to
right through the day, it became so bad that I fellthe lounge and fell asleep in my favorite arm chair.
asleep behind the wheel of my truck during theThe next morning she told me that my snoring
day.did not wake her during the rest of the night.
One time while driving on a gravel road I fellSince that night I haven't slept on a bed again.
asleep behind the wheel and when I woke up IMy health improved steadily and I can honestly
was doing about 60 mph; next to the road,say that sleep apnea does not affect me
fortunately their was no ditches or rocks next toanymore and I can now drive my own car again.
the road.During the last year I have on numerous
My boss heard about this and forced me to gooccasions done trips of 400 miles per day and did
for tests. During sleep studies it was confirmednot feel sleepy at any time.
that I did have sleep apnea. The specialistIf you have sleep apnea try sleeping in a chair,
prescribed a c-pap machine but after trying it foryou should feel the improvement in your health
a while I could not cope with it.after three months. I am not implying that this will
Due to this my boss fired me; he said that I wascure your sleep apnea but it certainly helped me.