Living With Sleep Apnea...Living with a chronic sleep disorder like sleep apnea often impacts a person’s entire life. Long-term health, school, work, friendships, and intimacy...
What Is Sleep Apnea?...Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common sleep disorder related to breathing. With sleep apnea, breathing is interrupted for short periods while...
Not a Behavior Issue...My children are 16 and 14 now, but when my sons were little, they were an extreme handful. Most parents would agree...reactionscomments
Whistling Through the Night...My AutoPAP is the best of things and sometimes the worst of things. I got it about 2 years ago – almost...reactionscomments
Silence of the Lambs: Sleeping Alongside Sleep Apnea...My husband has sleep apnea. He has both central sleep apneas (CSA) and obstructive sleep apneas (OSA). When he had his sleep...reactions1comment
Taking an At-Home Sleep Study...If you read my article Why You Need to Keep Current With Your Sleep Doctor, you’ll remember that my 15-year-old CPAP died...reactionscomments
My First New CPAP in 15 Years...If you’ve been following along, my CPAP of 15 years died in September 2020. After a long process of renting a CPAP...reactions5comments
Overcoming Fear of Using CPAP Around Your Friends...I am writing this article with younger CPAP users in mind. If you haven’t been following my story I am now in...reactionscomments
Why You Need to Keep Current With Your Sleep Doctor...How many of you don’t keep up with all of your specialists? I have spinal muscular atrophy, which is a form of muscular...reactions3comments
Learning to Adjust to CPAP...If you’ve been following my journey, I left off with receiving my new machine. Now it’s time to start using it. I was...reactions1comment
Symptoms of Sleep Apnea...Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder. With sleep apnea, breathing stops for short periods of 10 seconds or more during sleep...
COVID-19 Updates, April 7: Face Coverings, Testing, & Medications...It is common to feel overwhelmed about COVID-19: so much information changing day-to-day. Here are some of the important COVID-19 stories that...reactionscomments
Advocating for Sleep Apnea Awareness...What comes to mind when you hear the word advocate? Advocating for sleep apnea awareness is important to me. When hearing the...reactions1comment
Demystifying the Sleep Center...If you are like me (frightening thought, I am sure), you like to know what to expect. And your expectations are a...reactionscomments
4 of the Most Common Questions Before and During a Sleep Test...It seems common to me that once a speech or a debate ends, they’ll ask if there are any questions. At which...reactions1comment
When You’re Considering Quitting: Try This!...When you are frustrated with anything or, in some cases, everything, a decision will follow. Perhaps you are wondering, what decision? A...reactions7comments
The Morning After a Sleep Study...If you’ve had a sleep study or have a sleep study scheduled in the future, then you’ve probably had or will have...reactions3comments
Why Are You Back Again?...Once, while I was walking out of the sleep lab with a patient, I joked, “I hope I never run into you...reactions2comments
Sleep Tests 101: Polysomnography...I hope for your sake you haven’t been through every type of sleep test. I haven’t been through one yet, which multiple...reactions1comment
What’s the Best Day to Have a Sleep Study?...What’s the best day to have a sleep study? As a sleep technologist, I would argue Monday through Thursday would be the...reactionscomments
