Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

I was going to title this one "Luke, I am your father!" but I thought this might get more attention!

Ever since I can remember, my family has given me a hard time because I snore. Apparently my snoring shakes the foundations of the house. I've actually woken myself up on an airplane by snoring - very embarassing.

David says my snoring is not that bad. On the other hand, David can sleep through just about anything. David has been telling me for a while that I stop breathing while I sleep and it freaks him out. I have woken up from time to time gasping for air.

So I finally decided to see a doctor about it and it turns out I have sleep apnea. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but have learned that it causes cardiovascular disease, stroke, high blood pressure, arrhythmias, diabetes and memory loss. Not too mention that I'm tired all the time.

I went and spent the night doing a sleep study where someone else spent the night watching me sleep. Kind of creepy, but at least it was a women watching me. It was basically like staying in a hotel, but I got hooked up to all kinds of wires. The hardest part was spending the night away from my kids. I didn't like that - although I did sleep better!

They discovered that I quit breathing 19 times a minute while sleeping. Who knew!? (David says he knew.) Apparently that's not even as bad as most people that have sleep apnea. So I went back for another study and this time wore a mask.

With the mask, I only stop breathing two times a minute, which apparently is normal. So now I go to bed looking like this:

Yeah, poor David. Maybe he wishes he'd kept my sleeping issues to himself!