Sleep Apnea Machine

I just adore my sleep apnea machine—I use it for 2 reasons—first off I have Pulmonary hypertension AND sleep apnea— it could very well be that your HUSBAND might have pulmonary hypertension as well… I was VERY tired ALL the time before I was diagnosed and woke up SEVERAL times a night…..suddenly one day I saw that my hands and fingers were swelling- and then my ankles and feet… and they just kept swelling… I started retaining water until I had gained 65 POUNDS of excess fluid… which backed up my lungs and because I also have conjestive heart failure, my heart didn’t pump enough oxygen into my blood–which could be another cause of him being tired (CHF)… I’d ask his primary physician to give him a referral to a cardiologist and have him have an echocardiogram and whatever other tests he might need—if it’s early onset conjestive heart failure or pulmonary hypertension, he can be treated AS I AM BEING TREATED and now sleeping through the night and NOT tired any more—However, mine got too serious and I now tire easily from exertion…. but even if he DOESN’T have CHF or pulmonary hypertension, isn’t it better to have him checked out and KNOW then to NOT have him checked out???? Oh by the way—I had to go to my primary TWICE because the first time, all he said to me was stop EATING so much—-when I went back in 3 days and had gained 21 POUNDS in those 3 days, he sent me directly to the hospital….don’t let him slack off—get him to a cardiologist and pulmonologist…I’d say cardiologist first…