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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 266908" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>An interesting and informative post CatLady, thanks for taking the time to write it :thumbup: </p><p></p><p>I was advised that surgery would not be the best option for me, at the time I was diagnosed and that it does carry a risk that could leave me with speech problems, cant remember what those risks were exactly, it was 6 or so years ago now but I was actually relieved as I had not long come out of an intensive care unit intubated due to a lung condition, it was after this that all my problems started, I was on prednisolone (corticosteroid) for three years and that caused me to put on weight which made the SA worse, not sure it caused it but it certainly accentuated it to the point where my wife would shake me awake several times a night. It was also the prednisolone that caused my T2 diabetes, it is a well documented side effect of corticosteroid treatment and it was that diagnosis that scared me into losing the weight which I did.</p><p></p><p>I also have arthritis of the spine which gives me referred pains in my right leg, like sciatica, so I often take DF118 Dihydrocodeine before bed to help dull the pain and allow me some sleep but I still wake on average every couple of hours, I did mention this to the SA doctor who pretty much said that as we get older our sleep patterns change blah blah blah and basically brushed it off, so now you have me wondering if I do still have some SA <img src="http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/ponder2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> My sleep has been like this since coming out of ICU, before that I could sleep for England, as they say.</p><p></p><p>My stay in intensive care was extremely traumatic and at first I was actually scared to sleep in case I didnt wake up again, sounds silly now but at the time I really thought I was going to die and when I was first taken off life support I was hallucinating for several days due to the Ketamine used to anaesthetise and sedate me and overheard some doctors talking about another patients chances of recovery as minimal and was convinced they were talking about me :crazy: Weird stuff Ketamine, I can never understand why anyone would want to take it recreationally :lol: </p><p></p><p>If I could change one thing in my life right now it would be my sleep pattern, leg and back pain waking me repeatedly? Or SA? :yawn: Think I might mention it to my Doc the next time I see him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 266908, member: 19121"] An interesting and informative post CatLady, thanks for taking the time to write it :thumbup: I was advised that surgery would not be the best option for me, at the time I was diagnosed and that it does carry a risk that could leave me with speech problems, cant remember what those risks were exactly, it was 6 or so years ago now but I was actually relieved as I had not long come out of an intensive care unit intubated due to a lung condition, it was after this that all my problems started, I was on prednisolone (corticosteroid) for three years and that caused me to put on weight which made the SA worse, not sure it caused it but it certainly accentuated it to the point where my wife would shake me awake several times a night. It was also the prednisolone that caused my T2 diabetes, it is a well documented side effect of corticosteroid treatment and it was that diagnosis that scared me into losing the weight which I did. I also have arthritis of the spine which gives me referred pains in my right leg, like sciatica, so I often take DF118 Dihydrocodeine before bed to help dull the pain and allow me some sleep but I still wake on average every couple of hours, I did mention this to the SA doctor who pretty much said that as we get older our sleep patterns change blah blah blah and basically brushed it off, so now you have me wondering if I do still have some SA [img]http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/ponder2.gif[/img] My sleep has been like this since coming out of ICU, before that I could sleep for England, as they say. My stay in intensive care was extremely traumatic and at first I was actually scared to sleep in case I didnt wake up again, sounds silly now but at the time I really thought I was going to die and when I was first taken off life support I was hallucinating for several days due to the Ketamine used to anaesthetise and sedate me and overheard some doctors talking about another patients chances of recovery as minimal and was convinced they were talking about me :crazy: Weird stuff Ketamine, I can never understand why anyone would want to take it recreationally :lol: If I could change one thing in my life right now it would be my sleep pattern, leg and back pain waking me repeatedly? Or SA? :yawn: Think I might mention it to my Doc the next time I see him. [/QUOTE]
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