> i've just been diagnosed with apnea. it is mild to moderate and my
> primary care doc gave a brief comment after my rant of denial. i was
> convinced that my deviated septum could be fixed and i'd be fine.

> she said my brain isn't sending the right messages to my trachea. huh?
> she is making me an appointment with a pulmonary doc.

> i googled, read quite a bit, and came across an article (i forgot to
> save) saying there is a connection to many illnesses tied to apnea
> including diabetes.

> oh great! it seems like everytime i turn around something else pops up.

> i was just wondering how many here have been diagnosed with apnea. i
> hope you don't have it. it's like diabetes. no one wants it. my denial
> over this is stronger than over my diagnosis of diabetes. much like with
> the diabetes, this diagnosis will save my life, til its time for me to
> go, but i'm not thrilled with what it entails.

>> i've just been diagnosed with apnea. it is mild to moderate and my
>> primary care doc gave a brief comment after my rant of denial. i was
>> convinced that my deviated septum could be fixed and i'd be fine.

>> she said my brain isn't sending the right messages to my trachea. huh?
>> she is making me an appointment with a pulmonary doc.

>> i googled, read quite a bit, and came across an article (i forgot to
>> save) saying there is a connection to many illnesses tied to apnea
>> including diabetes.

>> oh great! it seems like everytime i turn around something else pops up.

>> i was just wondering how many here have been diagnosed with apnea. i
>> hope you don't have it. it's like diabetes. no one wants it. my denial
>> over this is stronger than over my diagnosis of diabetes. much like with
>> the diabetes, this diagnosis will save my life, til its time for me to
>> go, but i'm not thrilled with what it entails.

>The sleep apnea (OSA) typically goes away as VAT is lost.

>Thus, it remains smart to eat less, down to the right amount (32
>ounces) in order to lost the VAT thereby cure the insulin resistance
>(IR/MetS), cure the OSA, and possibly even the type-2 diabetes:

> http://www.***.com/

>Be hungrier, which is truly healthier for mind, body, and soul:

> http://www.***.com/

>Marana tha

>Prayerfully in the awesome name of our Messiah, LORD Jesus Christ,

>Andrew <><

>>> i've just been diagnosed with apnea. it is mild to moderate and my
>>> primary care doc gave a brief comment after my rant of denial. i was
>>> convinced that my deviated septum could be fixed and i'd be fine.

>>> she said my brain isn't sending the right messages to my trachea. huh?
>>> she is making me an appointment with a pulmonary doc.

>>> i googled, read quite a bit, and came across an article (i forgot to
>>> save) saying there is a connection to many illnesses tied to apnea
>>> including diabetes.

>>> oh great! it seems like everytime i turn around something else pops up.

>>> i was just wondering how many here have been diagnosed with apnea. i
>>> hope you don't have it. it's like diabetes. no one wants it. my denial
>>> over this is stronger than over my diagnosis of diabetes. much like with
>>> the diabetes, this diagnosis will save my life, til its time for me to
>>> go, but i'm not thrilled with what it entails.

>>The sleep apnea (OSA) typically goes away as VAT is lost.

>>Thus, it remains smart to eat less, down to the right amount (32
>>ounces) in order to lost the VAT thereby cure the insulin resistance
>>(IR/MetS), cure the OSA, and possibly even the type-2 diabetes:

>> http://www.***.com/

>>Be hungrier, which is truly healthier for mind, body, and soul:

>> http://www.***.com/

> I have had it most of my {*filter*} life.

>It is unlikely that you have been having pulmonary edema most of your
>{*filter*} life.

>>  I breath better at night than I have in decades.

>You may now have less VAT than you have had in decades.

>May GOD soften your heart, Syd, so that you would come to trust the
>truth, Who is Jesus:

>>> Could it be tha sleep
>>> apnea may stem from pulmanary edema in some cases?

>>It is unlikely that you have been having pulmonary edema most of your
>>{*filter*} life.

>*Well, maybe not full blown pulmanary edema.  But I know I have been retaining
>excess fluid for many years.  I was on 50 mg of HCTZ twice a day for a long
>time.  The endo tried to cut it back to 50mg once a day, and my ankles
>immedieately swelled.  And when they stopped it entirely after the high BUN and
>Creatinine readigs, I swelled up like a ballon.

>> You may now have less VAT than you have had in decades.

> *That cannot be since I have been much thinner than I am right now.

>> http://www.***.com/

>*It's pretty soft right now.

>While it is appreciated with thanks given to GOD for His putting it in
>your mind to recognize and respect knowledge, there is the
>understanding that the heart of your soul is still hard as stone.

>Recall that Nicodemus respected Jesus and yet it is written that Jesus
>told Nicodemus that he needed to be born again.  The latter does mean
>that Nicodemus needed his heart of stone to be changed to a heart of
>flesh.  You presently have the same need.

>"I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I
>will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of
>flesh. Then they will follow My decrees and be careful to keep My
>laws. They will be My people, and I will be their GOD." -- the LORD
>(Ezekiel 11:19-20)

>>Peripheral edema is not the same as pulmonary edema.

>*I understand that, but the recent water retention build-up definitely included
>pulmanary edema to the extent I could not sleep for a prolonged period.

>*Maybe not, but it sure affects breathing and the ability to sleep.>

>>Recall that Nicodemus respected Jesus and yet it is written that Jesus
>>told Nicodemus that he needed to be born again.  The latter does mean
>>that Nicodemus needed his heart of stone to be changed to a heart of
>>flesh.  You presently have the same need.

>>"I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I
>>will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of
>>flesh. Then they will follow My decrees and be careful to keep My
>>laws. They will be My people, and I will be their GOD." -- the LORD
>>(Ezekiel 11:19-20)

>*I will remind you I am granted automatic grace by virtue of my tribal
>affilliation (Levite).

>> Peripheral edema is not the same as pulmonary edema.

> *I understand that, but the recent water retention build-up definitely included
> pulmanary edema to the extent I could not sleep for a prolonged period.>

>> Pulmonary edema does not cause snoring.

> *Maybe not, but it sure affects breathing and the ability to sleep.>
>> While it is appreciated with thanks given to GOD for His putting it in
>> your mind to recognize and respect knowledge, there is the
>> understanding that the heart of your soul is still hard as stone.

>> Recall that Nicodemus respected Jesus and yet it is written that Jesus
>> told Nicodemus that he needed to be born again.  The latter does mean
>> that Nicodemus needed his heart of stone to be changed to a heart of
>> flesh.  You presently have the same need.

>> "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I
>> will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of
>> flesh. Then they will follow My decrees and be careful to keep My
>> laws. They will be My people, and I will be their GOD." -- the LORD
>> (Ezekiel 11:19-20)

> *I will remind you I am granted automatic grace by virtue of my tribal
> affilliation (Levite).  That ought to count for something.  Have you paid your
> Levitical tihe?  hehehe

> >Am a graft (goyim for Jesus) via the Messianic (WDJW) covenant rather
> >than via the Mosaic covenant.  The good (WDJW) fruit the LORD has this
> >new grafted branch bear are of a different variety compared to the
> >original branches of the 12 tribes of Israel.

> Some of my best friends are goyim.  Hehehe.  Accepting Jesus as Messiah
> necessarily infers you come in thru the Mosaic tradition.  It is all the same
> covenant, just modified a bit.

>>The latter would not be clinical evidence of pulmonary edema.  A
>>physician needs to either listen to your lungs or look at your chest
>>X-ray to diagnose pulmonary edema.

>*I know.  I had the X-rays and exhibited the calssic rale.  Gone now after
>dumping close to 50 pounds of water.

>>Specifically, it would affect the ability to breath comfortably while
>>lying flat on back.

>*Trust me, it can even affect your breathing sitting up if it gets bad enuff.