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want2beamom
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sleep apnea doctor
can anyone recommend an ENT to treat sleep apnea in an adult...preferably in suffolk...thanks!
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Posted 3/6/10 9:13 PM  |
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lorimarie
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
There is a sleep center in Commack/Smithtown. FM me to remind me to get the info for you from my mom.
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| Posted 3/6/10 11:50 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
This is who I'm going to:
http://www.sleepsolutionsny.com/
I'm actually not using a CPAP machine. It bothered me too much, and made me sleep worse (it's not common that this happens, but it does for some people). I have a mouth piece that extends the lower jaw while sleeping. That shifts the soft palate and tongue, so you don't snore.
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| Posted 3/7/10 8:11 AM |
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want2beamom
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
Posted by GoldenRod
This is who I'm going to:
http://www.sleepsolutionsny.com/
I'm actually not using a CPAP machine. It bothered me too much, and made me sleep worse (it's not common that this happens, but it does for some people). I have a mouth piece that extends the lower jaw while sleeping. That shifts the soft palate and tongue, so you don't snore.
thank you sooo much....did you have to see an ent first, or did you go right to them?
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| Posted 3/7/10 4:35 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
Posted by want2beamom
Posted by GoldenRod
This is who I'm going to:
http://www.sleepsolutionsny.com/
I'm actually not using a CPAP machine. It bothered me too much, and made me sleep worse (it's not common that this happens, but it does for some people). I have a mouth piece that extends the lower jaw while sleeping. That shifts the soft palate and tongue, so you don't snore.
thank you sooo much....did you have to see an ent first, or did you go right to them?
The head person there is an ENT. It wasn't much of a diagnosis for me. I've been snoring up a storm for years (you've probably heard me... that wasn't thunder in the distance...   , and DW noticed that I would stop breathing once in a while. She didn't realize it was about 84 times an hour, though!  )
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| Posted 3/7/10 5:37 PM |
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want2beamom
Love my boys soooo much!!!
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
Posted by GoldenRod
Posted by want2beamom
Posted by GoldenRod
This is who I'm going to:
http://www.sleepsolutionsny.com/
I'm actually not using a CPAP machine. It bothered me too much, and made me sleep worse (it's not common that this happens, but it does for some people). I have a mouth piece that extends the lower jaw while sleeping. That shifts the soft palate and tongue, so you don't snore.
thank you sooo much....did you have to see an ent first, or did you go right to them?
The head person there is an ENT. It wasn't much of a diagnosis for me. I've been snoring up a storm for years (you've probably heard me... that wasn't thunder in the distance... , and DW noticed that I would stop breathing once in a while. She didn't realize it was about 84 times an hour, though! )
84 times
So that was your thunder competing with my husbands thunder the other night
Thanks for the info, I am going to call them tomorrow.
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| Posted 3/7/10 8:01 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
Posted by want2beamom
84 times
So that was your thunder competing with my husbands thunder the other night
Thanks for the info, I am going to call them tomorrow.
The other night wasn't me... I have the oral appliance now, so I sleep almost normally now. At my most recent study, I only stopped about 15 times (up to 5 is "normal"), and I've been adjusting it since then, so I should be even better now.
Message edited 3/8/2010 7:25:30 AM.
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| Posted 3/7/10 9:30 PM |
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wowcoulditbe
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
so dh could just go there? (the smithtown one) or would his dr have to refer him?? I so need him too...its so bad I literally roll him over so I can sleep....
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| Posted 3/8/10 12:04 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
Posted by wowcoulditbe
so dh could just go there? (the smithtown one) or would his dr have to refer him?? I so need him too...its so bad I literally roll him over so I can sleep....
Depends on your insurance. My old insurance needed referrals, so that's how I went there the first time. Now, with my current insurance, I don't need referrals, so I could just make an appointment with them directly.
Now that I'm used to the mouthpiece, I sleep SOOOOO much better. It's like night and day (pun intended....  ). I sleep through the night, I'm rested during the day, I've cut my caffeine intake down tremendously (I think it's now just a matter of taste and habit more than trying to stay awake). DW sleeps better since I'm not waking her up.
DS is also in Cub Scouts, and will start going on overnight camping trips, so now I don't have to worry about keeping all the boys up all night because I make too much noise, and they think there's a bear in the next tent!
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| Posted 3/8/10 7:30 AM |
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Tulips915
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Re: sleep apnea doctor
DH & I went for the sleep apnea test. He has it, but I dont. You make an appointment and sleep at the office (we went to a Dr. in Lynbrook). They hook you up to a million wires all over your body. Its very weird but at least they wake you up early (around 6am), to go home.
If you have sleep apnea, you then have to do another sleep test with the CPAP machine.
DH did not want the CPAP machine, so he has a dental device (not covered by insurance so we had to pay out of pocket-very expensive, but worth it).
I'm not kicking him every minute anymore, he doesn't snore anymore!
ETA: The dr. asked alot of questions before administering the test-
Are you tired driving?
Can you fall asleep reading/watching tv/at the movies?
Do you take naps?
Do you feel rested when you get up?
etc.
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