Sleep apnea, GERD, and obesity: efforts to fix this.

[Mental Fairy]

You’re welcome Oak.

[oak]

(TW: calorie counting mentioned)

Friends, in an effort to be honest, here goes:

My sleep apnea is back.

I am tired most of the day, every day.

I woke up choking twice in the last week. I had woken up once, previously, in 2023.

I am spending time this morning, on Reddit and Youtube, to find tips for habituating oneself to CPAP.

I am also meeting with my dietician Wednesday.

She, reasonably, wants me at 1800-2000 calories a day. Thanks to my beloved Mediterranean Diet, without pop I'd happily and easily be at... 1800 calories a day.

I'll post again, in a half hour, with 5 actionable tips I can try tonight regarding CPAP.

Thanks for listening!

[manuel_moe_g]

Hi Oak,

Can you pour out half the pop down the sink first thing?

I hate the thought of you going completely without something that you enjoy

[oak]

Hi Oak,

Can you pour out half the pop down the sink first thing?

I hate the thought of you going completely without something that you enjoy

Manuel Moe, great to hear from you. I hope you're doing well.

Yes, pop is the clear ideal thing to get rid of, and you intuit my next step:

Drinking three a day (I know, I know), I've tried cutting down by one third. It goes fine the first day, then the second day I have feelings of doom and hopelessness, which is different from my everyday sorrow.

My anxiety is high this week, so next week I plan to try a more modest reduction of half a pop every day.

I am awe of the power of sugar on my brain.

I haven't given up on cutting down pop; this week my goal is to try the CPAP again; I found some good resources earlier today.

Bigger picture

Much like my finances, I recognize that I am skating on thin ice with sleep apnea: nothing terrible has happened... yet.

I'm picking myself up, as difficult as 2023 has been.

[snoringdog]

Hello Oak,

Just a little chuckle perhaps.
I'm reading one of the books recommended by Mental Fairy, where this line appears -

"...a bottle of water from the garden tap, the best water, the clearest, Adam's Ale"

Never heard that one before.

Farrell, Fiona. Decline and Fall on Savage Street (p. 59). Penguin Random House New Zealand. Kindle Edition.