The next word in the title is hard to choose. If rhyming, GREAT comes to mind. I do not feel great. Grate is a little more descriptive, or perhaps Fate.
Tonight is the first night after using the CPAP machine at the new setting. I went to bed at midnight. I woke up at 4 AM, my body telling me that it could get up now. I shifted my weight and felt a flash of pain in my right hip. I moaned, and slept for 2.5 more hours.
I feel more refreshed today than I normally do upon waking. Hopefully this will increase as time goes by. I was able to get out of bed and stand up without strong pain in the right hip, a definite change for the better. I have been one my feet for 30 minutes, and the hip is starting to burn. I have taken Codine to deal with that.
I played with the puppy for 20 minutes, while sitting in the lounge chair. She was ready to play. she kept wandering to my knees loopking down, so I figured she had to pee.
And now I am here, typing this. and this. and...
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It is now almost noon. Thought I'd add a bit more. My body is craving sleep, but I am trying not to sleep all day. I got up to watch a DVD. I have played a few word games on the computer - cognition and speed of thought is noticeable greater. And right now, I can honestly say I feel better - I can say "I feel good" and it not being a big lie.
I have read the analysis of the sleep study. My sleep problem is not Apnea. The Apnea is corrected at lower pressures. The amount of oxygen supplied at lower pressures was high, between 96 to 92. At higher pressures, the range widened - 98 to 90. CPAP 14 had the highest and lowest oxygen percentages - but it was a large sample - 2 hours. Lower pressures were only sampled for 10 to 40 minutes.
The key is REM sleep. I had 52 minutes of REM sleep in that 2 hours at CPAP 14. In all pressures under 14, ZERO minutes of REm sleep. In 2.5 hours of sleep at CPAP 15, only 10 minutes of REM sleep.
My problem has been lack of REM sleep. It is not oxygen deprivation - which is good -less tissue damage.
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