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Sleeping on your back is when it happens the most, because your tounge and soft pallet relaxe and fall towards the back of your throat closing off your airway. Heavy snoring is one of the major signs that you have this condition. Get it checked and resolve it one way or another. Surgery is available, but there are risks and side effects involved that we are not willing to chance at this point. It is pretty barbarick surgery once you see how they try to change this, and it is not usually permanent either. I have discussed this with a few people who opted for surgery and they were not very happy about it afterwards. We can always change our minds later if we decide to get surgery, but for now we will deal with the CPAP machines and see how that works out.

Those who have gotten these machines sweare that they will never sleep without them now. using the machine changes the way you sleep, and releaves the chances of complications, which I can live with. Plus it has been determined that it allows you to actually get a good nights sleep, which makes you feel better rested every morning.

This disorder is a game changer and a killer. Get it checked out if you suspect anything is wrong. The testing is anoying, but easy to complete. In the states they have you sleep overnight one time for an 8 hour period. The first half is to determine just how severe it is (0-10 mild, 10-20 moderate, and above 20 is considered sever), and the second half is to figure out what level of forced air pressure you need to overcome the problem. Here in Korea they insist that it has to be done in two sessions (more money for two nights stay) and I just completed my second session at Samsung Hospital. Now I have to go to our on base facility to get fitted and receive the machine under our insurance(Tricare). So far it has cost me about $450, out of the total cost of $1500 up to now. We have to file that with our secondary insurance for refunds. I believe they are going to supply the machine at no cost to us. We shall see.