Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Richard M: I have a very serious case of sleep apnea. I have gone thru 5 overnight tests?
After those 5 sleep studies Dr. Bond told me that I was untrearable. He had used MANY different masks, also using oxygen. I was told the average person with apnea stops breathing somewhere between 5 to 15 per hour. On my first test that number was 69, and has varied between 55 to 75 thru those 5 tests. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A HIGHLY REGARDED SPECIALIST ON APNEA somewhere relatively close to Williamsburg, VA. My doctor, Thompson Bond, is well qualified, but I’m desperate to be able to get some sleep at night. If the present pattern holds, I probably won’t last the year out. THAT’S DESPERATE.

Dick Milhizer // rmilhizer@cox.net

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Answer by Freddie K.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/sleep-apnea/jaxtreatment.html

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