QUICK QUESTION

[kick-prostate-cancer]

QUICK QUESTION: Do you have sleep apnea?

If so, do you use a C-PAP or BI-PAP, and has this affected your treatment(s) or QOL?

[Kaliber]

I sleep on a c-pap every night for the last 25+ years. My AHI is 87 without my mask, which means I stop breathing over 500 times a night . With the mask my AHI is .9 to 1.8 ... basically sleeping like a baby. normal AHI is anything 5 or below. A high apnea hypoxia index ( ahi ) can cause elevated blood pressure, recurrent heart attacks , stroke and abnormal heartbeat such as atrial fibrillation. all this , not to mention stopping breathing while sleeping / napping and dying.

All of this without consideration of ( say ) the similar attack on your heart, and blood pressure and stroke risk that ADT brings .....compounding your health risks dramatically. If you have a c-pap, it’s extremely important to use your machine every time you sleep to lower the stress on your body systems and the risk of stroke and heart attack and not add to the risk of your body stopping breathing and you passing away from your heart stopping. Every year 38,000 people die from just apena alone.

Adt alone can destabilize your bp, bg and cardiac rhythm ( drives mine crazy ) ...add in the dangerous issues a high AHI brings and you are a ticking time bomb.

Just say’in 💪💪💪👍👍👍

More people die from apnea annually than prostrate cancer. If you are prescribed a c-pap , a-pap etc. ... no matter how irritating they can be, make sure to use it, especially if you have PCa. Take care of yourself.

[kick-prostate-cancer in reply to Kaliber]

Thank you so much!!

[Mascouche]

I do have a cpap. I still use it though I do not know if I still need it. I used to weight between 210 and 230 when I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and I snorred loudly back then. Now that I weigh 153 lbs maybe I don't have sleep apnea anymore? The few times I have slept without my cpap in the past year, no one mentioned anything to me about hearing me snore.

[j-o-h-n in reply to Mascouche]

Check everyone else's hearing.....{just say’in 💪💪💪👍👍👍 (courtesy of Kaliber)}

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 01/13/2021 10:01 PM EST

[Justfor_]

I do have staged in the intermediate range, some 16 or18 incidents per hour (its been a long time since the test). I do not use a C-PAP. Two pillows raise my head and thus my respiratory tubes function without a problem.

I had mentioned it to the anesthesiologist prior to RALP and she elected to send me to the intermediate care for my first night after prostatectomy. She did very well indeed! During that night I was awaken up 4 times by the sounding alarm of the monitor. My blood oxygenation had gone down triggering the low set level of 85%. During the first time I got much worried, but noticed that taking some deep breaths made the oxygen get over 92% which silenced the alarm. For the next three times I acted like a veteran: Some deep breaths and back to sleep.