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5. My sleep study showed I have sleep apnea and...

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 12:06 PM

Aug 2013

the treatment is this gadget:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=sleep+apnea+machine&sa=X&biw=1493&bih=948&tbm=isch&tbnid=zEsJ7884C9kARM:&imgrefurl=http://www.nationwidemedical.com/tag/cpap-machines/&docid=c_QBBLV4Klzs1M&imgurl=&w=300&h=375&ei=bcAgUpaOGJOysQSk04H4Aw&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r ,s:0,i:117&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=188&tbnw=148&start=0&ndsp=27&tx=66&ty=99

I'm diabetic, too, and it doesn't help. Nor does mild COPD. You don't really need much D for normal life, so if she told you to take more than 1,000 units a day, it's for some other reason.

I feel for ya with the obnoxious doc. You could almost put up with the lousy people skills if he knew what he was doing.

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If I may. Venting. [View all] Bertha Venation Aug 2013 OP

Do you drink coffee and tea? alcohol? Sanity Claws Aug 2013 #1

Coffee and diet Coke. Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #3

Transdermal Magnesium Therapy otohara Aug 2013 #19

I heartily agree about magnesium Holly_Hobby Sep 2013 #20

My sister went through something like that phantom power Aug 2013 #2

Not I! Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #4

She's recovering. It's been a slow process. phantom power Aug 2013 #7

My sleep study showed I have sleep apnea and... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #5

This was one of the ways in which the doc was a major asshole: Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #8

Ah, so you've been through a lot of this already... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #11

right there with you my friend. mopinko Aug 2013 #10

The neurologist was watching for localized twitches to pinpricks Warpy Aug 2013 #13

i dunno, but for years mopinko Aug 2013 #14

Don't you KC Aug 2013 #15

D3 is the most bioavailable of the subgroups Warpy Aug 2013 #16

Something like half of American don't get enough magnesium MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #17