Good luck!

Good luck! Lets us know how it goes.

Good luck to you. I go in tomorrow to see my sleep clinic people to reup my prescription. I need luck too. So stupid to make it so complicated.

Good luck, I'm sure you'll do fine!

I hope it goes well. I hardly slept at all with mine.

Best of luck that get an outcome that helps you

Well, all went okay. If anyone ever has to use the Watchpatone for a sleep study, make sure you put the finger monitor on your smallest finger. I used my index finger and I have very small hands and fingers and all night long that finger hurt like heck. Once on, you can't remove it, so I didn't. I think if I hadn't taken two Tylenol and a Benadryl, I wouldn't have been able to sleep, it hurt that bad. It's still sore and looks flatter than my other index finger. I don't know how someone with normal sized hands/fingers could stand it.

I'm glad you survived it!

You could be prescribed a mask, OR...you could just sleep on your side, not your back.

chisue would that just sleeping on one's side were so simple a solution. DH has severe apnea and his position didn't matter one bit. But the cpap has helped tremendously.

Chisue, I normally sleep on my side and back, but mostly side. They told me to sleep on my back for the test. I did for the most part but after hours of doing that my hips and back start to really bother me. I finally turned on my side early this morning. The reason I took Tylenol and Benadryl was to help me sleep through most of it. I did wake up several times while on my side this morning gasping for air. So, don't think it's going to help sleeping on my side.

I shouldn't have been so glib. DH has had two in-hospital studies. Never conclusive. So far, he's fine sleeping on his side.

Or there is always the implantable, inspire.

https://www.inspiresleep.com/

Rob333, interesting. The NP that I saw on my first visit mentioned surgery, but not for this device. It sounded pretty barbaric. I think I'll try the cpap machine first, as I'm pretty sure I need it.

I just don't see anybody could sleep with all that noise, but I'm one of those that needs the room completely black and completely quiet. So it appealed to me.

Best!

My husband recently got a CPAP and it helps both of us sleep. When seated properly on his nose, it is completely silent. He's also monitoring his sleep with his new toy, an Apple watch. It tells him how deeply he slept, when he woke up and for how long, and when he was dreaming. (I don't see how a watch can know.) He chose the small mask for his CPAP. It's called a "nasal pillow." Isn't that great marketing? It sounds so comfortable!

Jupidupi, the monitoring device they gave me was a wrist band that was wired to the finger sensor and another small sensor you place under your sternal notch.

You get used to the noise. It beats dying.

I use a nasal pillow as well. The system usually pushes the big masks. We sent off for the nasal pillows on our own for convenience. You can sleep on your side or stomach. I thought they would not work for me but they did. I have Bipap which is a more complex machine that responds to your breathing. I had severe apnea not based on the usual things. I have my own pulse Oximeter that my DH got for me so I can tell if the machine is working as it should. It has the finger sensor and produces a complex test result that my sleep therapy people say is useful to them.

Sleep apnea is a serious problem and you can easily die. Not a joke.

Chisue, they didn't say anything about taking a sleep aid or not. They just told me to sleep on my back for as long as I could. I got the test results yesterday afternoon. I have mild sleep apnea, desat down to 83% at times. Apparently I also snore. The medical report states that I have three options, cpap, surgery or a mouth device "if appropriate". So, will call them on Monday to set up a follow up appointment. I'm hoping a cpap machine will help with my tiredness and feelings of smothering when I lay down at night. I woke up around 9:00 this morning and by noon I was ready for a nap. That's not normal.