My name is Dawn Christie. I currently work for Dr Avis for the past 31 years.
I’m a Dental Hygienist. I learned nothing about airway in hygiene school.
Learning from Dr Avis during our airway journey as an office, I decided to get tested for sleep apnea more out of curiosity than anything. I didn’t really think I had an airway issue. I felt well rested, didn’t snore much.
Could fall asleep at night without any issues. Slept through the night, would never get up to go to the bathroom. No problem being motivated to exercise. The only symptom I had was if I sat down on the couch or was a passenger in the car I could fall asleep. In my mind I just figured I stopped moving and was relaxed .
So I decided to get tested, I was also interested in the process so I could tell other patients my experience.
Well I did a home sleep test and it did come back as mild sleep apnea. Since then I do wear cpap.
I have to say I’m one of the very few that I know of that love it. I love going to sleep at night .
Now it took a few trial and errors to get the right fit for a mask. I thought I wasn’t tired but what I felt after a few moths of wear was, I really do have much more energy.
And less acid reflux. One take a way is don’t give up so quick!
Try different masks. Don’t look for 100% perfection on day 1,2,3 Or even the first month.
Every night try to use it a little longer .
Be patient with yourself.
You can do anything that you put your mind too!
Sleep Apnea is an epidemic take it seriously!
Nothing is more important than your next breath!
