Hi all,  

This is just another way for me to thank everyone, moderators and the community at large, for being here, and to remind myself that it's about progress even though I'd like things to be perfect.  


In spite of the fact that I'm sleepy,  
I have more energy;  
And there are a few more things
That aren't as they used to be.  

I have been on the treadmill
Just about every day.  
I'm walking a little more quickly--
Not dragging the same old way.  

Another positive change
Is in my attitude.  
I've a better outlook,
Which does wonders for my mood!  

When I think I should feel much more tired,
I'm pleased to know that I'm not.  
I'm becoming aware when I Really want sweets--
An awareness that means quite a lot!  

It's amazing and really quite simple:
If I wear my CPAP every night,  
One day at a time, things can only improve
I'm determined to do it just right!  ,  

I know there'll be times when I'm frustrated,
Won't be quite as sure as I am now;
But when I have doubts I can come to this site,
For courage to keep going, somehow.  

So thanks to you all for your kindness,
For reminding me, it may take time.  
It's because of you all that I realize
With compliance, a new life I'll find.  

Sleepytime

Sleepytime,

I love your poem.  Thank you   !!

Vicki


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That which does not kill you makes you stronger-Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich must of had apnea.

Wow, Sleepytime!

That was so incredible and so heart felt.  And I have a hunch that your creative side is reappearing now thanks to cpap... and we're all grateful for that.  Thanks so much for sharing your poem.  Wow.......


Linda


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Thank you, Vickie and Linda.  Yes, Linda, I do think my creative side is waking up along with the rest of me!   I just had to learn a lot of music in a short period of time, and I'm not sure I would have done as well before I got my CPAP.  And I'd stopped writing poetry a few months before my first sleep study, because I was just too tired.  Now, if I could just sleep all night!  

Sleepytime

I am very jealous. I have given up hoping for more energy or less sleepiness, let alone better mood. If I could just be equal to before diagnosis I would be happy. I find it is so much harder to keep equilibrium than before, so much easier to be upset. But I probably explode less when upset and tend more to just philosophize about my unhappiness.

I still wish for the easy uninterrupted sleeps of before I was diagnosed, and actually after diagnosis before treatment I probably slept best of all because I knew I had apnea and worked harder on sleep hygiene.
The good news was that it has lowered my blood pressure and my triglycerides, and that should make a difference long term.


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Arthur
Sleeping with a curvaceous blonde autoPAP (Resmed autoset). Surviving, and in small ways doing better. Maybe there will be that big surge of energy, and easier weight loss one day. Hope springs eternal.....

Yes, Arthur, hope really does spring eternal, I've always told myself that too, when it really didn't seem like there was much reason for hope.  Here's wishing that the little things will keep adding up for you.  

Sleepytime.