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Glad you are better!

Apnea is a scary thing. Glad you got to the bottom of it.

Great to hear of a speedy resolution. I sleep like a rock and always have been thankful for it. There still are the infrequent times when I just have too much on my mind or plate. This can make it extremely hard to get to sleep when it happens in my case.

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Originally Posted by The Clk Man (Post 3240439)

Finally we are getting somewhere. The Docs did a sleep test on me last night. About 8:30 I arrived at the facility and they hooked all of the wires up asked me some questions and off to sleep I went. Somewhere in the night they hooked me up to the breathing machine and I slept good the rest of the night. They said I have a bad case of Sleep apnea. Today for the first time, I woke up fairly rested. Praise The Lord. The Lab Guy said that I will have to sleep with one of those breathing thingies on for a long while.

Also the Docs want to do a "Lexus" test,(I can't see why they couldn't just go ahead and give me the "Mercedes" test".) and some kind of dye test.

Here's more.

Echo.
Carotid Doppler Bilateral.

I received the test results Friday and the Doc said everything looked normal, but in the next breath he said that these tests are just a snapshot in time and that he has heard of people having normal tests and dropping dead of a heart attack a week later. I didn't know if he was trying to be funny or what. There must be something else causing the sharp pains in my chest that happen every few weeks or so. I think I will try a new Doctor. Hope everyone has a great CHRISTmas. :D

Thanks Robert. You have a merry Christmas too. Glad you are getting some sleep. Hope the chest pains are nothing serious.

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Originally Posted by The Clk Man (Post 3259071)

Hi CLK Man,

You can get a device that will monitor heart events. My doc ordered a device for me that does exactly this. I apply two leads to my chest area with adhesive thingies and then connect a wire to each of of these and connect the other end of the wires to a thing i connect to my belt that looks like a pager. The device monitors and records everything but tosses it after about 90 seconds except if I push the record button on the pager-like device. At that point the device saves about 30 seconds of recording prior to when I pushed the button, as well as 30 seconds or so after I pushed the button. After a few events, the recorder gets full and sounds a tone. At that point I upload the recordings to a specified phone number and after that the info is sent to the doc. This process can be repeated as needed.

This is completely painless, except when it comes time to remove the sticky things. I strongly suggest you get something such as what I described above.

Also if you are unhappy with your doc for any reason, go to another. I had a doc for many years who became an increasingly bad doc. Or maybe he always was a bad doc and I just didn’t realize it. I dunno. Anyway, I switched a few months ago and the new to me doc has made all the difference in both attitude and willingness to investigate. The heart monitor is one of many examples that the new doc has suggested that the former doc never even hinted was an option.

Edit: The device is called a "Hearttrack Smart" and is made by HeartCare Corportion of America. The device was loaned to me for about a month by the doc's office. At the end of the monitoring time, eveything goes back in the box they provided me and is sent back by way of US mail.