Thanks for all your emails. It really is more common than I thought. I’ve now been up since 5.45 am, and feeling fine. Actually great. That was simply unimaginable with my usual sleep patterns. And that’s after only half a night with the treatment. Maybe I’m being “excitable,” but, hey, it’s wonderful. here’s another typical email:
I was diagnosed with sleep apnea about 9 months ago. I can’t describe the improvement in my life that has resulted from sleeping with the breathing machine, right from day 1. I have been working with a personal trainer for several months. She had a good idea of where my physical limits were. After three days (!) of sleeping with the CPAP machine I was blowing past all of them. She was amazed. My energy level is way up, my memory is better, and I don’t doze off in meeting now. And I’m told I don’t snore anymore either. I hope that your results are as good as mine. The breathing mask can be uncomfortable sometimes but the benefits are huge.
I wonder how many other men suffer from sleep apnea and don’t know it? Snoring and dozing off in midday have become cliches for middle-aged men, but now it seems to be a curable disease. You should encourage all of your readers to be tested if they have any of the symptoms.
Absolutely. Ask your spouse if you’re snoring or having difficulty breathing when you’re asleep. It might be affecting you more profoundly than you think.
PICASSO DOES THE PISTONS: A little blasphemous given the context. But clever.
A WEDDING TOAST: The newly elected president of Massachusett’s senate, Robert Travaligni, gave a moving wedding toast to state senator, Jarrett Barrios and his husband, Doug Hattaway last weekend. Travaligni will be responsible for presiding over the next constitutional convention to decide if a constitutional amendment to ban such marriages will go to the voters in 2006. My guess is that civil marriage for all citizens is here to stay in Massachusetts.
