Earthtiger Systems

Suffering from insomnia and apnea has left me for months barely able to stay awake at work and only wanting to crash when I got home. I did not want to believe I had apnea, or that if I did, it was not so bad, or if it was so bad, losing weight would take care of the problem.

Trouble is, I was falling dead ass asleep at work in my desk in the middle of conversations with people no matter how hard I tried to keep from doing so. Provigil and ephedrine helped but the assholes at Blue Cross/Blue Shield did not want to pay for them without a sleep study. I put it off and put if off because I KNEW I could not sleep with something on my face all night and besides, I did not want my girl Maryjane to see me sleeping with it looking like a car accident victim in a coma.

Well, it only got worse, so I scheduled the sleep study. They monitored me for a few hours and then came in and helped me into a CPAP mask. Imagine my surprise when I slept on my BACK…have never been able to do that as an adult, and I slept for several hours straight…another minor miracle for Tim’s sleep.

Anyways, I will be on a CPAP machine now. It isn’t sexy, but it isn’t just my weight, either. Choking in your sleep when your throat tissues collapse and your tongue falls to the back of your mouth cause a tremendous load on your heart and this appears to the the primary cause of high blood pressure and stroke later in life. Fixing it now will result in a longer life. Now, instead of merely making it to 300, I may make it to 350 years of age before I check out!

…and Maryjane, of course, only said, “Thanks be to God” when she found out I was going on the machine. My political commentary, aka my snoring,  concerned her.